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Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import read more
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. read more
The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad read more
We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We read more
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to read more
Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.
I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.
I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.
