Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more read more

• Knowledge Dogs Wise They Crawl Away Quiet Corner Lick Their Wounds Do Rejoin World Whole Once More

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny... read more

• Thought Hardships Often Prepare Ordinary People for Extraordinary Destiny

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. read more

• Thought Time Stays Long Enough for Anyone Use

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. read more

• Thought Cheers New Year Another Chance for Us Get Right

After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world. read more

• Thought After First Glass See Things Wish They Second Finally Really Most Horrible Thing World

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Avoid popularity if you would have peace. read more

• Knowledge Truth-of-life Avoid Popularity Peace

Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it, is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks, and throes, and convulsions must ceaselessly follow. read more

• Thought Slavery Founded Selfishness Man Nature Opposition Love Justice These Principles Eternal Antagonism Brought Collision Fiercely Extension Brings Them Shocks Throes Convulsions Ceaselessly Follow

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. read more

• Thought Folks Usually About Happy They Their Minds Up

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This struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions. read more

• Experience Struggle Scramble for Office Way Live Without Work Finally Test Strength Our Institutions

War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible. read more

• Thought War Best Terrible Ours Its Magnitude Duration Most