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98dedb0 The happiness of the ignorant is but an animal's paradise. John Lancaster Spalding
22f2de0 We truly know only what we have taught ourselves. John Lancaster Spalding
6b5ef9a Insight makes argument ridiculous. John Lancaster Spalding
011c0f7 A great man, who lives intimately with his admirers, with difficulty escapes being made ridiculous. John Lancaster Spalding
8ce2e04 What we acquire with joy, we possess with indifference. John Lancaster Spalding
1e892f9 The innocence which is simply ignorance is not virtue. John Lancaster Spalding
ad3d6fd When one sense has been bribed the others readily bear false witness. John Lancaster Spalding
516053d When the crowd acclaims its favorites it applauds itself. John Lancaster Spalding
44ae977 Folly will run its course and it is the part of wisdom not to take it too seriously. John Lancaster Spalding
38f96b2 Where it is the chief aim to teach many things, little education is given or received. John Lancaster Spalding
bd86808 In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed. John Lancaster Spalding
ceff950 One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant. John Lancaster Spalding
047c279 They whom trifles distract and nothing occupies are but children. John Lancaster Spalding
2fa9c5d It is the business of the teacher ... to fortify reason and to make conscience sovereign. John Lancaster Spalding
8994caa The more we live with what we imagine others think of us, the less we live with truth. John Lancaster Spalding
ee27bed If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own? John Lancaster Spalding
215d5b8 If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything. John Lancaster Spalding
3948170 They who think they know all, learn nothing. John Lancaster Spalding
bc670c9 Agitators and declaimers may heat the blood, but they do not illumine the mind. John Lancaster Spalding
e99064d Wouldst thou bestow some precious gift upon thy fellows, make thyself a noble man. John Lancaster Spalding
97cf7a7 We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us. John Lancaster Spalding
eca7192 What we think out for ourselves forms channels in which other thoughts will flow. John Lancaster Spalding
1a14bc7 Soap prevented more deaths than penicillin. That's technology, not science. John Lanchester
5960f1c I fell in love with my wife on Lake Como John Legend
db5d07e Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid. John Leguizamo
5eb40d2 He thinks he can use the jail for networking to be somebody. In that way, he's always operating. John Leguizamo
6e52e6b No -- we need money first. John Lennon
a793bbf If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry. John Lennon
ce931b9 I really thought that love would save us all. John Lennon
4d19c4a I've sold my soul to the devil. John Lennon
3b6f27e Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. John Lennon
9c052c1 Well, I just want him to grow up happy. That's the main thing. John Lennon
7e7cf68 If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. John Lennon
1c121ac You have to be! (Laughs) You might get shot! John Lennon
27b405a Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty. John Lennon
9bc4bd3 If you want to change the system, change the system. It's no good shooting people. John Lennon
4f0eac6 Everything is as important as everything else. John Lennon
6625269 I wouldn't say I was a born writer; I'm a born thinker. John Lennon
2aa9b1e Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable. John Lennon
7569246 There are too many ironies in the fire! John Leonard (critic)
aa3226f Everybody is forever saying that the essay is dead. This is always said in essays. John Leonard (critic)
d84166e Granted, religion is wishful thinking, but there is no other kind of thinking. John Leonard (critic)
0c23732 One advantage of remorse is that it sets the stage for consolation. John Leonard (critic)
3b16f21 A bohemian imitates the manners of the class below him. John Leonard (critic)