“There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.”
Great“A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.”
Work“There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.”
Great“I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.”
Great“If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?”
Truth“History, a distillation of rumour.”
History“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”
Business“In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom we have to say, Like People like Government.”
Government“Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.”
Music“For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?”
Good“Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.”
Good“The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.”
Courage“The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.”
Happiness“Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.”
Time“Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.”
Alone“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
Teacher“Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.”
Humor“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time.”
Good“Work alone is noble.”
Alone“Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.”
Men“Clever men are good, but they are not the best.”
Best“A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.”
Hope