What did George Bancroft mean by: Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape. George Bancroft Historian · USA Copy
If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Bancroft, Decision, Reason, Truth, 0 George Bancroft Historian · USA
In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Bancroft, Betrayal, Criticism, Jealousy, 0 George Bancroft Historian · USA
Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Bancroft, Beauty, Communication, Perception, 0 George Bancroft Historian · USA
+ Avarice is the vice of declining years. Author, August 31, 2023January 2, 2025, George Bancroft, Aging, Greed, Morality, 0 George Bancroft Historian · USA
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Bancroft, Deception, Greed, Morality, 0 George Bancroft Historian · USA
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Bancroft, Equality, Perspective, Rights, 0 George Bancroft Historian · USA
Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Bancroft, Activity, Desire, Means, 0 George Bancroft Historian · USA
I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Bancroft, Faith, History, Influence, 0 George Bancroft Historian · USA
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. W. H. Auden Poet · England
