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Antidotes, quotes, maxims etc . . . |
 "The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy" - William Penn "Truth often suffers more by
the heart of its defenders, than by the agreements of its "To be like Christ is to be a Christian" - William Penn "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise" - Benjamin Franklin "Those who would give up
essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve "Dost thou love life?
Than do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of" "If you would be loved, love & be loveable" - Benjamin Franklin "Plough deep while sluggards sleep" - Benjamin Franklin "Even peace may be purchased at too high a price" - Benjamin Franklin "Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day" - Benjamin Franklin "One to-day is worth two to-morrows" - Benjamin Franklin "Virtue is not hereditary" - Thomas Paine "Falsehood is cowardice - truth is courage - hatred is self punishment" - Hosea Ballou "Failure is more frequently from want of energy than from want of capital" - Daniel Webster "Many can argue; not many converse" - Bronson Alcott "Every artist was first an amateur" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy" Ralph Waldo Emerson "The truest test of
civilization is not the census, not the crops; no, but the kind of man
the "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Fear always springs form ignorance" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "A friend may very well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature" Ralph Waldo Emerson "The only way to have a friend is to be one" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience" Ralph Waldo Emerson "Concentration is the secret
of strength in politics, in war, in trade in short in all "He that despiseth small things will perish little by little" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Trust men, and they will be
true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show "Our Creator would never have
made such lovely days, and have given us the deep "Whenever there is a human
being, I see God-given rights inherent in the being, whatever "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men" - Abraham Lincoln "Books show to serve men that
those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all" "Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty" - Rutherford Birchard Hayes "The things that will destroy
America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace at-any-price, "My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff" - Theodore Roosevelt "For better it is to dare
mighty things, to win glorious things, even though checkered by "No people is wholly civilized
where the distinction is drawn between stealing an office "There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americans . . ." - Theodore Roosevelt "No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience" - Theodore Roosevelt "There was a time when
corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now "There is a price which it is
too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one "The seed of revolution is repression" - Woodrow Wilson "No person was ever honored
for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what "Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship" - Harry S Truman "Well I never gave anybody
hell - I just told the truth on these fellows and they thought it "If there is one basic element
of our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military" "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" - Harry S Truman "No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution" - Dwight D Eisenhower "Those who make peaceful
revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable" "Voting is the first duty of democracy" - Lyndon Baines Johnson "Truth is the glue that holds
governments together. Compromise is the oil that makes "There is nothing wrong in
America that can't be fixed with what is right in America" "Why is the Constitution of
the United States so exceptional? [...] Just these words: "Hope cherishes the soul of
him who lives in justice and holiness, and is the nurse of his "Guard against the postures of pretended patriotism" - George Washington "As we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen" - George Washington "Every word [of the
constitution] decides a question between power and liberty" "The diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty" - James Madison "All power in human hands is liable to be abused" - James Madison "In Europe charters of liberty
have been granted by power. America has set the example, "To not know what was before we were born is to remain perpetually a child" - Cicero |