If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.

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A new thinker is only one who does not know what the old thinkers have...

A new thinker is only one who does not know what the old thinkers have...

One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than...

One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than...

Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts...

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts...

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it...

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it...

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having...

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having...

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the...

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the...

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to...

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to...

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without...

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without...

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering...

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering...

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental...

Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental...

Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.

Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would...

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would...

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of...

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of...

100 calorie packs aren't so bad if you have 3 or 4 of them.

100 calorie packs aren't so bad if you have 3 or 4 of them.

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and...

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.