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There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Few men have been admired of their familiars.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.