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Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.
Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.
To make the plough go before the horse.
To make the plough go before the horse.
It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant read more
It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]
A place for everything, everything in its place.
A place for everything, everything in its place.
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, read more
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.
As order is heavenly, where quiet is had,
So error is hell, or a mischief as bad.
As order is heavenly, where quiet is had,
So error is hell, or a mischief as bad.
Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt read more
Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that resents an invasion of the dearest rights.