We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...