Will Christian
Will Christian
democracy favors
It is the life of democracy to favor equality.
wise fashion harm
There would not be so much harm in the giddy following the fashions, if somehow the wise could always set them.
too-much foundation losing
In secluding himself too much from society, an author is in danger of losing that intimate acquaintance with life which is the only sure foundation of power in a writer.
silence needs said
Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.
men too-much savages
Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
country home world
To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.
powerful maturity empires
Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
sorrow misery sorrowful
Sorrow is never more sorrowful than when it jests at its own misery.
book writing distinction
If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
work dreamer realization
The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
littles too-much riches
The use we make of our fortune determines its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much if expended foolishly.
strong purpose facts
A strong will deals with the hard facts of life as a sculptor with his marbles, making them facile and yielding to his purposes, and conquering their stubbornness by a greater stubbornness in himself.
independent sometimes reason
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
retreat advantage wit
Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.