It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.

Quote by Van Wyck Brooks

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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.

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

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.

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...

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...

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...

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving...

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving...

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,...

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...

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...