Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn
American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, print...
This world is but canvas to our imaginations
American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, ...
I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian.
Take things always by their smooth handle
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as t...
To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country
American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assass...
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it
Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself
Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan.
For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends
Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins wi...
Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary
Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's ...
