HUGH BLAIR

Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.

To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.

Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.

As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.

Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit.

Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.

We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.

Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.

Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.

In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions.

We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.

True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.

Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit.

To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.

Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.