If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?

Quote by Van Wyck Brooks

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Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so...

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so...

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock...

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock...

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority,...

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority,...

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority...

There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority...

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg...

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg...

No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in...

No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in...

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true...

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true...