"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises" — Demosthenes

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Source: Sketches by Boz, The Broker's Man (1836)

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Source: Artemis to Actaeon, Vesalius in Zante (1909)

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing

Source: Letter to James Madison (Jan. 30, 1787)

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future

Source: A Woman of No Importance (1893)

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones

Source: Letter to James Welch (Apr. 7, 1799)

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled

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