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John Morley
The great business...
The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
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No man can...
No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.
Source: In...
A proverb is...
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
Source: In
Evolution is not...
Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.
Source: In
There are some...
There are some books that cannot be adequately reviewed for twenty or thirty years after they come...
Literature, the most...
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
Even good opinions...
Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious...
It is not...
It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.
Source: On Compromise,...
A great interpreter...
A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.
Source: of...
Three things matter...
Three things matter in a speech: who says it, how he says it, and what he says -- and, of the three, the last matters...
Nature, in her...
Nature, in her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theater of the tragedy of...
The proper memory...
The proper memory for a politician is one that knows when to remember and when to forget.
You cannot demonstrate...
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.
Source: In Webster's...
Politics is a...
Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.
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When it is...
When it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of...
Maxims and aphorisms,...
Maxims and aphorisms, let us remember that wisdom is the true salt of literature, and the books that are most...
In politics the...
In politics the choice is always between two evils.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
The essence of...
The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single...
You will find...
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.
Source: In
Some of the...
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that...
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