Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

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I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a...

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a...