The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are read more

The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product.

Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.

Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.

One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.

One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.

There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it.

There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not read more

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances.

There is no such thing as truth.

There is no such thing as truth.

Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.

Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.

You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.

You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.