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There is nothing harder to learn than painting and nothing which most people take less trouble about learning. An art school is a place where… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise. He has not the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature. — Emily Greene Balch
We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself. — Carl Jung
The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is… — Thomas More
Strange indeed is human nature. Here were these men, to whom murder was familiar, who again and again had struck down the father of the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it? — Benjamin Franklin
But the mere circumstance of complexion cannot deprive them of the character of men. — James Madison
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to… — James Madison
In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed toward the organization and administration of the Government… — George Washington
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just… — James Madison
There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of interest,… — James Madison
That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of… — Alexander Hamilton
The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation to commit interests… — Alexander Hamilton
I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the most appropriate to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
To look for a continuation in harmony between a number of independent unconnected sovereignties, situated in the same neighborhood, would be to disregard the uniform… — Alexander Hamilton
No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause . . . . With equal, nay with greater reason, bodies of men,… — James Madison
Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided… — James Madison
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such changes… — James Madison
To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character. — Alexander Hamilton
The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according… — James Madison
And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to… — George Washington
We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals. — George Washington
As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful… — Alexander Hamilton
In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men… — Benjamin Rush

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