After upwards of two thousand years Epicurus has been exonerated from the reproach that the doctrines of his philosophy recommended the pleasures of sensuality and voluptuousness as the chief good. Calumny may rest on genius a considerable part of a… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
After upwards of two thousand years Epicurus has been exonerated from the reproach that the doctrines of his philosophy recommended the pleasures of sensuality… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
Many of the finest and most interesting emotions perish forever, because too complex and fugitive for expression. Of all things relating to man, his… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
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… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men. — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
Fancy has an extensive influence in morals. Some of the most powerful and dangerous feelings in nature, as those of ambition and envy, derive… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit itself, and… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles. — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which, without neglecting… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share
