John Sterling Quotes

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

Man is a substance clad in shadows.

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.