The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...