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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Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

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...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

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...

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...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

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...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

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...

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.