One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea, for ideas exist forever.
One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea, for ideas exist forever.
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts.
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