"Verum esse ipsum factum"
Truth
"The world is governed by the imagination"
Imagination
"History is the science of what has been"
History
"Men are so made that they cannot occupy themselves with the most important things without intermixing with them a certain frivolity"
Philosophy
"The nature of things is nothing other than their coming into being at certain times and in certain ways"
Change
"Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire people, an entire nation, or the entire human race"
Wisdom
"In the night of thick darkness, enveloping the earliest antiquity, so great is the power of the light of this science, that by aid thereof I perceive in the remote distance an ancient people"
Knowledge
"Peoples acquire a universal consciousness only through diversity"
Education
"The true pattern of eternal things is truth itself"
Truth
"Knowledge which has not resulted in a change of conduct is not real knowledge"
Knowledge
"Humanity has made three great discoveries: writing, printing, and criticism"
Literature
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom"
Faith
"New science must arise from old discoveries that have been long overlooked"
Science
"Folly is the worm in the bud of knowledge"
Wisdom
"The human mind is naturally drawn to the infinite"
Imagination
"Time is the measure of all things"
Time
"Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance"
Life
"The only way to live is to love"
Love
"Eternal truth is the proper object of human knowledge"
Knowledge
"Wonder is the daughter of ignorance"
Wisdom
"Language is the mirror of the human mind"
Art
"The truth of things is confirmed by the works they produce"
Truth
"Beauty is the splendor of truth"
Beauty
"Change is the only constant in the universe"
Change
"Freedom consists in the ability to think and act according to one's nature"
Freedom
"Nations are born from the chaos of history"
History
"The imagination creates reality"
Imagination
"Strength comes from struggling against adversity"
Strength
"Justice is the bond that holds society together"
Justice
"Patience is the virtue of the heroic soul"
Patience
