To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.
Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but the common copper
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
Cash-payment never was, or could except for a few years be, the union-bond of man to man. Cash never yet paid one man fully his deserts to another nor could it, nor can it, now or henceforth to the end of the world.
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me. . .
The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories