Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes split into quarters - which grind on each other. Not only individuals but states have thus a confirmed…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking,...

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

Every chance is an opportunity.

Every chance is an opportunity.