in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
Thus, the weight of my criticism is directed against the inadequacy of the theoretical foundations of the laissez-faire doctrine upon which I was brought up and for many years I taught;.
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Thus, the weight of my criticism is directed against the inadequacy of the theoretical foundations of the laissez-faire doctrine upon which I was brought up and for many years I taught;.
No one can have an idea of what this means who has not personally looked for work on the stage.
Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.
The ambitious, the covetous, the superficial, and the ill-designing are apt to be bold and forward.
I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be, that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.
He's a son-of-a-bitch, but he's our son-of-a-bitch.
I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing, that it was all started by a mouse.
Men of wit, learning, and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.
A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumour, and survival a thing beyond the bounds of possibility.
I now spend a good part of my day dreaming of times past, present and future. As I try to survive on 15 hours sleep a day, I have plenty of time to enjoy vivid dreams. Being completely wheel-chaired doesn't stop my mind from roaming the universe, on the contrary!