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| Those peculiar social sensibilities nourished by our own peculiar political principles, while they enhance the true dignity of a prosperous American, do but minister to the added wretchedness of the unfortunate; first, by prohibiting their acceptance of what little random relief charity may offer; and, second, by furnishing them with the keenest appreciation of the smarting distinction between their ideal of universal equality and their grind-stone experience of the practical misery and infamy of poverty. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. “Poor Man’s Pudding and Rich Man’s Crumbs” (1854), The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces 1839-1860, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 9, eds. Harrison Hayford, Alma A. MacDougall, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). ~ |
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| The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any- price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. |
| ~ Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), U.S. Republican (later Progressive) politician, president. letter (Jan. 10, 1917). ~ |
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| But oh! as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night. |
| ~ John Milton, On his Deceased Wife. ~ |
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| Success is man's god. |
| ~ Aeschylus, Choephor, 59. ~ |
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| The major problem - one of the major problems, for there are several - one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather or who manages to get people to let them do it to them To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must WANT to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem. |
| ~ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ~ |
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| On Child-rearing: Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is not to let it acquire bad habits that must afterward be broken. Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task. |
| ~ Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home, Chap. XXXV¶2, 1922 ~ |
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| Where you and I went down the lane with ale mugs in our hands ... |
| ~G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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