We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

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All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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...

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...

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

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

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

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

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

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

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

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

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

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,...

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

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

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

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

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.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

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...

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...

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...

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.