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People are taking it for granted that [the Negro] ought not to work with his head. And it is so easy for these people...
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,
When he beats his bars and...
There is a heaven, for ever, day by day,
The upward longing of my soul doth tell me so.
There is a hell, I'm...
It's 'nough to titter w'en de/stew is smokin' hot,
But it's mighty he'd to giggle we'n/dey's nuffin' in de...
With it all, I cannot help being overwhelmed by self-doubts. I hope there is something worthy in my writings and not...
Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.
Source: Last Words of a...
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time...
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
Source: In...
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning...
In science, address the few, in literature, the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in...
Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two...
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
Source: In The Speaker's...
Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough...
When the world has got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to kill it. You beat it over the head, till it...
In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest.
Source: In
Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.
Source: In
The world's a nettle. Disturb it, it stings. Grasp it firmly, it stings not.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the...