The stage is a supplement to ...

The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato\'s sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.
The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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Never complain and never explain.
We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.