Ralph Waldo Emerson, ?Journal, 1860
The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend? The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, ?Journal, 1860 ,
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink. Great short quote and quotation by: Fran Lebowitz , US writer and humorist (1950 – )
John Burroughs, The Snow-Walkers
The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood. Great short quote and quotation by: John Burroughs, The Snow-Walkers , US essayist & naturalist (1837 – 1921)
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U. S. Government Study On The Labeling Of Children
The term “learning disability” has appeal because it implies a specific neurological condition for which no one can be held particularly responsible, and yet it escapes the stigma of mental retardation. There is no implication of neglect, emotional disturbance, or improper training or education, nor does it imply a lack of motivation on the part […]
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The test of a first-fate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. Great short quote and quotation by: F. Scott […]
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up" (1936)
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. Great short quote and quotation by: F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up” (1936) , US novelist (1896 – 1940)
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. Great short quote and quotation by: F. Scott Fitzgerald , US novelist (1896 – 1940)
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Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "Art and Letters"
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. Great short quote and quotation by: Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) “Art and Letters” , (1865 – 1946)
The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers…but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Higginson ,
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph W. Sockman ,
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph W. Sockman ,
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms. Great short quote and quotation by: Henri-Fr?d?ric Amiel ,