Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It is not due to trade but to intensity of self-seeking, combined with narrowness of occupation.…

Quote by John Jay Chapman

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Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.

You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and...

Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and...