Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.