Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

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Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

Aristocracy is always cruel.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Responsibility educates.

Responsibility educates.

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood,...

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood,...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

Russia has two generals in whom she can confide -Generals Janvier and Fevrier

Russia has two generals in whom she can confide -Generals Janvier and Fevrier