Philosophical Sayings
241 sayings found from the Early Modern era from 14 authors
Category
Holiday
A conqueror's success is measured not by the number of enemies defeated, but by the hearts he has won.
The true measure of a man is not in wealth or power but in the way he treats those who are less fortunate.
recognising defeat as a momentary check, but never accepting it as final.
He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.
Better to die with honor than to live dishonored.
It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before.
How can anything good come if we do not return for the honour of God, that is, if we do not immediately fulfill our duty as Christians and civilizers?
I would rather face a loaded cannon than settle a disputed account or make a bargain.
I know grief has its period; but I have much to suffer...
My great success in life has been owing to my having paid attention to every detail.
Nothing man has discovered or imagined is to be named with the steam engine. It has no fellow.
one of the most ingenious, simple pieces of mechanism I have contrived.
I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have—POWER.
When once the idea of the separate condensation was started, all these improvements followed as corollaries in quick succession, so that in the course of one or two days the invention was thus far complete in my mind, and I immediately set about an e…
I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon, early in 1765... I was thinking upon the engine at the time... when the idea came into my mind that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication were made betw…
It does not matter what people DO; it only matters what they BELIEVE.
No other sin exists in the world save unbelief.
Sometimes it is necessary to commit some sin out of hatred and contempt for the Devil.
You must say my sins are not mine; they are not in me at all; they are the sins of another; they are Christ's and none of my business.
Christianity is nothing but a continual exercise in feeling that you have no sin although you sin, but that your sins are thrown on Christ.