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PRESIDENT, n. The...

PRESIDENT, n. The...

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that...

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POSITIVISM, n. A...

POSITIVISM, n. A...

POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its...

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RABBLE, n. In...

RABBLE, n. In...

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like...

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PREFERENCE, n. A...

PREFERENCE, n. A...

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than...

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READING, n. The...

READING, n. The...

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short...

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ROMANCE, n. Fiction...

ROMANCE, n. Fiction...

ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are. In the novel the writer's thought is...

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TRUST, n. In...

TRUST, n. In...

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small...

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TYPE, n. Pestilent...

TYPE, n. Pestilent...

TYPE, n. Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying civilization and enlightenment, despite their obvious agency...

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SYCOPHANT, n. One...

SYCOPHANT, n. One...

SYCOPHANT, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is...

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VITUPERATION, n. Saite,...

VITUPERATION, n. Saite,...

VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their...

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NOMINATE, v. To...

NOMINATE, v. To...

NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Often a certain...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Often a certain...

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: One ought never...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: One ought never...

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Respect the child....

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Respect the child....

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Talent for talent's...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Talent for talent's...

Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The true poem...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The true poem...

The true poem is the poet's mind.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wherever there is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wherever there is...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Winston Churchill: I have waited...

Winston Churchill: I have waited...

I have waited fifty years to see the Boneless Wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.

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Winston Churchill: The latest refinements...

Winston Churchill: The latest refinements...

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

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Winston Churchill: Dead birds don't...

Winston Churchill: Dead birds don't...

Dead birds don't fall out of their nests.

Source: When someone told him that his...

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