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William Benton Clulow Quotes

Great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains Picture Quote #1

A thorough: miser must possess considerable strength of character to bear the self-denial imposed by his penuriousness. Equal sacrifices, endured voluntarily in a better cause, would make a saint or a martyr Picture Quote #1

I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much superior to intellectual, that I ought to esteem one virtue more valuable than a hundred original thoughts Picture Quote #1

Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men Picture Quote #1

Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles Picture Quote #1

Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise Picture Quote #1

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Language is properly the servant of thought, but not unfrequently becomes its master. The conceptions of a feeble writer are greatly modified by his style; a man of vigorous powers makes his style bend to his conceptions Picture Quote #1

It is because we have but a small portion of enjoyment ourselves that we feel so little pleasure in the good fortune of others. Is it possible for the happy to be envious? Picture Quote #1

Method and punctuality are so little natural to man that where they exist they are commonly the effect of education or discipline Picture Quote #1

Nothing so much convinces me of the boundlessness of the human mind as its operations in dreaming Picture Quote #1

Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a nearer approach Picture Quote #1

There is such a delusion as evinces itself in cool vehemence; and it is the most dangerous of all expressions of fanaticism Picture Quote #1

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Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each other Picture Quote #1

Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies Picture Quote #1

The effusions of genius are entitled to admiration rather than applause, as they are chiefly the effect of natural endowment, and sometimes appear to be almost involuntary Picture Quote #1

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Great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains (William Benton Clulow Quotes) A thorough: miser must possess considerable strength of character to bear the self-denial imposed by his penuriousness. Equal sacrifices, endured voluntarily in a better cause, would make a saint or a martyr (William Benton Clulow Quotes) I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much superior to intellectual, that I ought to esteem one virtue more valuable than a hundred original thoughts (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Language is properly the servant of thought, but not unfrequently becomes its master. The conceptions of a feeble writer are greatly modified by his style; a man of vigorous powers makes his style bend to his conceptions (William Benton Clulow Quotes) It is because we have but a small portion of enjoyment ourselves that we feel so little pleasure in the good fortune of others. Is it possible for the happy to be envious? (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Method and punctuality are so little natural to man that where they exist they are commonly the effect of education or discipline (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Nothing so much convinces me of the boundlessness of the human mind as its operations in dreaming (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a nearer approach (William Benton Clulow Quotes) There is such a delusion as evinces itself in cool vehemence; and it is the most dangerous of all expressions of fanaticism (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each other (William Benton Clulow Quotes) Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies (William Benton Clulow Quotes) The effusions of genius are entitled to admiration rather than applause, as they are chiefly the effect of natural endowment, and sometimes appear to be almost involuntary (William Benton Clulow Quotes)