It is the great error of reformers and philanthropists in our time to nibble at the consequences of unjust power, instead of redressing the injustice itself. J. S. Mill.
It is the greatest invention man has ever made, this of marking down the unseen thought that is in him by written characters. Carlyle.
It is the heart that makes the critic, not the nose. Max Muller.
It is the height of folly to throw up attempting 20 because you have failed. Failures are wonderful elements in developing the character. Anon.
It is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth man understanding. Job.
It is the law of fate that we shall live in part by our own efforts, but in the greater part by the help of others; and that we shall also die in part for our own faults, but in the greater part for the faults of others. Ruskin.
It is the life in literature that acts upon life. J. G. Holland.
It is the little rift within the lute / That by and by will make the music mute, / And, ever widening, slowly silence all. Tennyson.
It is the lot of man to suffer. Disraeli. 25
It is the mark of a great man to treat trifles as trifles, and important matters as important. Lessing.