Famous quote by Townsend Harris

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"The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed"

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This quote is written / told by Townsend Harris. He/she was a famous Businessman from USA. The author also have 23 other quotes.

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"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

Jose Rizal, Writer

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"

"Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them"

"One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without"

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child"