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“Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.”

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William Rounseville Alger, born in 1822, was a prominent American author known for his historical novels and adventure stories. His works were highly appreciated for their rich imagination and profound understanding of history. more

“Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his Reason furnishing Means to achieve them. To train this Animal, and make him amenable to Order; to inure him to a Sense of Justice and Virtue, to withhold him from ill Courses by Fear, and encourage him in his Duty by Hopes; in short, to fashion and model him for Society, hath been the Aim of civil and religious Institutions; and, in all Times, the Endeavour of good and wise Men. The aptest Method for attaining this End, hath been always judged a proper Education.”

“Make a point never go clear, it is great odds that a man whose habits and the bent of whose mind lie a contrary way, shall be unable to comprehend it. So weak a thing is reason in competition with inclination.”

Men Way Mind Reason Lying Clear Habit Perception Weak Competition Contrary Odds Bent Inclination

Author:George Berkeley

“For my own private satisfaction, I had rather be master of my own time than wear a diadem.”

My Own Masters Independence Satisfaction

Author:George Berkeley

“Where the people are well educated, the art of piloting a state is best learned from the writings of Plato.”

People Writing Wells Art States Politics Educated Plato Well Educated

Book:The works of George Berkeley

Source: The works of George Berkeley

“The fawning courtier and the surly squire often mean the same thing,--each his own interest.”

Mean Interest Selfishness Surly Courtiers Squires

Book:Works: Account of His Life and Letters

Source: Works: Account of His Life and Letters

“I imagine that thinking is the great desideratum of the present age; and the cause of whatever is done amiss may justly be reckoned the general neglect of education in those who need it most, the people of fashion. What can be expected where those who have the most influence have the least sense, and those who are sure to be followed set the worst examples?”

People Thinking Needs May Done Age Causes Imagine Influence Worst Fashion Example Expected Neglect Imagine That

Book:The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne: Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Esq., Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, &c., &c. ; to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life

Source: The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne: Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Esq., Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, &c., &c. ; to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life

“In societies of low civilization, there is no money.”

Civilization Lows No Money

Book:Illustrations of Universal Progress: A Series of Discussions

Source: Illustrations of Universal Progress: A Series of Discussions

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