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It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import read more
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We read more
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.
We have met the enemy and it is us. - "Pogo comic strip".
We have met the enemy and it is us. - "Pogo comic strip".
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.
A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.
Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.
Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.
In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
He without fear is king of the world.
He without fear is king of the world.
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.