3 December 2020 George Bancroft Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.
3 December 2020 George Bancroft Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.
3 December 2020 George Bancroft Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.
3 December 2020 George Bancroft By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy.
3 December 2020 George Bancroft The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.
