More quotes by Adam Ferguson
Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
Men are to be estimated, not from what they know, but from what they are able to perform.
Mankind have always wandered or settled, agreed or quarrelled, in troops and companies.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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