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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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...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into reality

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The heart is forever inexperienced.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn -...

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn -...

Suicide is man's way of telling God, You can't fire me - I quit

Suicide is man's way of telling God, You can't fire me - I quit