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Exercise Of The Muscles Keeps The Body In Health, And Exercise Of The Brain Brings Peace Of Mind.

Great Battles Are Really Won Before They Are Actually Fought. To Control Our Passions We Must Govern Our Habits, And Keep Watch Over Ourselves In The Small Details Of Everyday Life.

Our Duty Is To Believe That For Which We Have Sufficient Evidence, And To Suspend Our Judgment When We Have Not.

To Be Happy Ourselves Is A Most Effectual Contribution To The Happiness Of Others.

Our Great Mistake In Education Is ... The Worship Of Book-learning-the Confusion Of Instruction And Education. We Strain The Memory Instead Of Cultivating The Mind. ... We Ought To Follow Exactly The Opposite Course With Children-to Give Them A Wholesome Variety Of Mental Food, And Endeavour To Cultivate Their Tastes, Rather Than To Fill Their Minds With Dry Facts.