Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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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Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
O proud philanthropist, your hope is vain
To get by giving what you lost by gain.
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