The most striking result of our present system of farming out the national land and capital to private individuals has been the division of society into hostile classes, with large appetites and no dinners at one extreme, and large dinners no appetit |
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor |
The most tragic thing in the world is a sick doctor. |
The national anthem belongs to the eighteenth century. In it you find us ordering God about to do our political dirty work. |
The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them |
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. |
The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me. |
The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them |
The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves. |
The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself |
The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself |
The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her |
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. |
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still - must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions |
The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbor to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen. |