On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them...

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is...

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.