“In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.”
Art“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”
Respect“In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.”
Art“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.”
Best“Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.”
Love“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.”
Religion“Business is the salt of life.”
Business“Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.”
Men“It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.”
Future“The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.”
Art“Common sense is not so common.”
Intelligence“God gave us the gift of life it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
Birthday“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.”
Men“Society therefore is an ancient as the world.”
Society“Tears are the silent language of grief.”
Sympathy“It is vain for the coward to flee death follows close behind it is only by defying it that the brave escape.”
Death“It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.”
Love“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”
Respect“Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.”
Men“It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.”
Knowledge“One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.”
Poetry“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead.”
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