To be read by bare inscriptions, like many in Gruter

To be read by bare inscriptions, like many in Gruter, to hope for eternity by enigmatical epithets or first letters of our names--to be studied by antiquarians who we were, and have new names given us like many of the mummies, are cold consolation unto the students of perpetuity, even by everlasting languages.

by Thomas Hughes

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The conscience of every man

The conscience of every man recognizes courage as the foundation of manliness, and manliness as the perfection of human character.

by Thomas Hughes

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The surest way of governing

The surest way of governing, both in a private family and a kingdom, is for a husband and a prince sometimes to drop their prerogative.

by Thomas Hughes

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No woman can be handsome

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech.

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It may be remarked for the comfort of

It may be remarked for the comfort of honest poverty that avarice reigns most in those who have but few good qualities to recommend them. This is a weed that will grow in a barren soil.

by Thomas Hughes

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He went down to the school with a glimmering

He went down to the school with a glimmering of another lesson in his heart, the lesson that he who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world.

by Thomas Hughes

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