He feared that principle, active principle, had been wanting; that they had never been properly taught to govern their inclinations and tempers by that sense of duty which can alone suffice. They had been instructed theoretically in their
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“Past tears are present strength.”
― Phantastes
― Phantastes
“Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil. That road goes down and down.”
― The Innocence of Father Brown
― The Innocence of Father Brown
“How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’ ‘As he ever has judged,’ said Aragorn. ‘Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man’s part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
“Though it may be better for [children] to read some things, especially fairy-stories, that are beyond their measure rather than short of it. Their books like their clothes should allow for growth, and their books at any rate should encourage it.”
― On Fairy-Stories
― On Fairy-Stories
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