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- If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf… Arch
- I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government Ask
- That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they… All
- Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived. Die
- We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without. Funny
- Let us first be as simple and well as Nature ourselves, dispel the clouds which hang over our brows, and take up a little life… Become One
- You know about a person who deeply interests you more than you can be told. A look, a gesture, an act, which to everybody else… Act
- The generative energy, which, when we are loose, dissipates and makes us unclean, when we are continent invigorates and inspires us. Chastity is the flowering… Called
- Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a… Accustomed
- That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is that… All
- We are made happy when reason can discover no occasion for it. The memory of some past moments is more persuasive than the experience of… Been
- You must get your living by loving, or at least half your life is a failure. Failure
- The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine. Britain
- Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against… All
- This American government - what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing… American
- It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name,… All
- I respect not his labors, his farm where everything has its price, who would carry the landscape, who would carry his God, to market, if… Bear
- We hate the kindness which we understand. Hate
- Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness. Beauty
- True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments… All
- Let nothing come between you and the light. Funny
- Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance. Faster
- I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so… Adequate
- Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower into a truth. Day
- I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the… Acquaintance
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