Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each other. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains. — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men. — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles. — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
