He, who has committed a fault, is to be corrected both by advice and by force, kindly and harshly, and to be made better for himself as well as for another, not without chastisement, but without passion.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.
Fortune is less severe against those of lesser degree, and God strikes what is weak with less power.
Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.
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