Of all the differences between the Old World and the New, this is perhaps the most salient. Half the wars of Europe,… — James Bryce Association Copy Share Image
Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence. — James Bryce Career Copy Share Image
No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford… — James Bryce Accidents Copy Share Image
In Europe we have cities wealthier and more populous than yours and we are not happy. You dream of your posterity; but… — James Bryce Age Copy Share Image
The ordinary American voter does not object to mediocrity. He likes his candidate to be sensible, vigorous, and, above all, what he… — James Bryce American voters Copy Share Image
There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of… — James Bryce Atheism Copy Share Image
The massacres are the result of a policy which, as far as can be ascertained, has been entertained for some considerable time… — James Bryce Adventurer Copy Share Image
To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking. — James Bryce Effort Copy Share Image
It is accepted as an axiom by all Americans that the civil power ought to be not only neutral and impartial as… — James Bryce Accepted Copy Share Image
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. — James Bryce Country Copy Share Image
When you find that a book is poor ... waste no more time upon it. — James Bryce Book Copy Share Image
If you have enough room for your books, you don't have enough books. — James Bryce Book Copy Share Image
“The worth of a book is too be measured by what you can carry away from it.” — James Bryce Book Copy Share Image
“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can take away from it.” — James Bryce Book Copy Share Image
Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows. — James Bryce Doe Copy Share Image
I have often asked Americans wherein they consider their freedom superior to that of the English, but have never found them able… — James Bryce Able Copy Share Image
Communication is the key to education, understanding and peace. — James Bryce Communication Copy Share Image
The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of… — James Bryce Entity Copy Share Image
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.… — James Bryce Justice Copy Share Image
California, more than any other part of the Union, is a country by itself, and San Francisco a capital. — James Bryce California Copy Share Image
The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies. — James Bryce Analogies Copy Share Image
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. — James Bryce Allegiance Copy Share Image
