Masonic Quotes

**Jason** · 02-06-2008, 12:07 PM

What are some of your favorite Masonic Quotes or just even quotes from Masons.

**Ashlar521** · 02-06-2008, 12:18 PM

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. — Mark Twain, American writer and Freemason

**Jason** · 02-06-2008, 12:24 PM

Thanks keep them coming. I want to try and get a good list.

**Ashlar521** · 02-06-2008, 12:34 PM

"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." — Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and Freemason

**Ashlar521** · 02-06-2008, 12:38 PM

"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." Mark Twain , Writer and Freemason

**Ashlar521** · 02-06-2008, 12:39 PM

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." Bro. Benjamin Franklin

"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Bro. Will Rogers

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress." Mark Twain , Writer and Freemason

**Ashlar521** · 02-06-2008, 12:46 PM

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." Bro. Will Rogers

**Ashlar521** · 03-08-2008, 06:55 AM

So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry , I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised for the good of mankind . __ George Washington

02-06-2008, 12:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jason ex oriente lux Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 571	Masonic Quotes What are some of your favorite Masonic Quotes or just even quotes from Masons.

02-06-2008, 12:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 611 Blog Entries: 3	The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. — Mark Twain, American writer and Freemason __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

02-06-2008, 12:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 611 Blog Entries: 3	"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." — Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and Freemason __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

02-06-2008, 12:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 611 Blog Entries: 3	"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." Mark Twain , Writer and Freemason __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

02-06-2008, 12:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 611 Blog Entries: 3	"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." Bro. Benjamin Franklin "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Bro. Will Rogers "It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress." Mark Twain , Writer and Freemason __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy Last edited by Ashlar521; 02-06-2008 at 12:43 PM.

02-06-2008, 12:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jason ex oriente lux Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 571	Thanks keep them coming. I want to try and get a good list.

02-06-2008, 12:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 611 Blog Entries: 3	"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." Bro. Will Rogers __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

03-08-2008, 06:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 611 Blog Entries: 3	So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry , I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised for the good of mankind . __ George Washington __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

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