Education has for its object the formation of character. Herbert Spencer English philosopher (1820 - 1903) Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it. Archibald Alexander Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown. Claude Bernard French physiologist (1813 - 1878) With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. William Lloyd Garrison US abolitionist & editor (1805 - 1879) The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity. Benjamin Disraeli British politician (1804 - 1881) From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned. I insist that this shall cease. The country needs repose after all its trials; it deserves repose. And repose can only be found in everlasting principles. Charles Sumner US abolitionist politician (1811 - 1874) Live well. It is the greatest revenge. The Talmud In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress. Charles W. Eliot US educator (1834 - 1926) War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. Desiderius Erasmus Dutch author, philosopher, & scholar (1466 - 1536) One voice can enter ten ears, but ten voices cannot enter one ear. Leone Levi |