"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. more Inspirational quotes"
"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses. more Inspirational quotes"
"For this invention of yours will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn it, by causing them to neglect their memory, inasmuch as, from their confidence in writing, they will recollect by the external aid of foreign symbols, and not by the internal use of their own faculties. Your discovery, therefore, is a medicine not for memory, but for recollection-for recalling to, not for keeping in mind. more Inspirational quotes"
"Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures. more Inspirational quotes"
"Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil. more Inspirational quotes"
"All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. more Inspirational quotes"
"When asked what was the proper time for supper If you are a rich man, whenever you please and if you are a poor man, whenever yo more Inspirational quotes"
"Presumption means nothing more than as stated by Lord Mansfield, the weighing of probabilities, and deciding, by the powers of c more Inspirational quotes"
"We must, however, acknowledge as it seems to me, that a man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the i more Inspirational quotes"