'Twas sung, how they were lovely in their lives, And in their deaths had not divided been.

Or light or dark, or short or tall, She sets a springe to snare them all: All's one to her--above her fan She'd make sweet eyes at Caliban.

The pen became a clarion.

Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain- and since labor is pain in itself- it follows that men will resort to plunder whenever plunder is easier than work. History shows this quite clearly. And under these conditions, neither religion nor morality can stop it.When, then, does plunder stop? It stops when it becomes more painful and more dangerous than labor.It is evident, then, that the proper purpose of law is to use the power of its collective force to stop this fatal tendency to plunder instead of to work. All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928 I do not wish to imply that God the Son could not, absolutely speaking, have become incarnate by a non-virginal conception, any more than I should wish to deny that God might, absolutely speaking, have redeemed mankind without becoming incarnate at all; it is always unwise to place limits to the power of God. What we can see is that both an incarnation and a virginal conception were thoroughly appropriate to the needs and circumstances of the case and were more "natural", in the sense of more appropriate, than the alternatives... In practice, denial of the virginal conception or inability to see its relevance almost always goes with an inadequate understanding of the Incarnation and of the Christian religion in general.

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

Men are the sport of circumstances, when The circumstances seem the sport of men.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.

Here's to the town of New Haven, The home of the truth and the light, Where God speaks to Jones, In the very same tones, That he uses with Hadley and Dwight.

I am not a Virginian but an American.

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I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Never assume the obvious is true.

You will find only what you bring in.

What are these, So withered and so wild in their attire That took not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth And yet are on't?