Quotations

The Brokenness of William Cowper

December 6, 2009

Have you ever heard of William Cowper? Probably not. But it is much more likely that you know some of what William Cowper has written. Know the phrase, “Variety is the spice of life”? That was William Cowper– Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour. (Book II, The Timepiece, l. [...]

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Cyril Connolly on Writing

September 16, 2009

If you spend enough time wandering about on the internet you will discover people fretting about the audience for their writing. It is a common affliction of those who write–they want the public to be pleased, and to pay attention. But a few people take a different stand. Better to write for yourself and have [...]

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Herbert Spencer on Protecting Fools

May 4, 2009

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. –Herbert Spencer Herbert Spencer said that, but it isn’t really a quote that originated with him. The book of Proverbs holds the same sentiment, and however wrong Herbert Spencer was on some things this statement is certainly [...]

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On Spring

May 4, 2009

As we are currently in the midst of spring, this quotation seemed appropriate: If Spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change! But [...]

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A Word From Madison

May 4, 2009

Today we bring you a word from James Madison on government and oppression: Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. In our Governments, the real power lies in the majority of the Community, and the invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from the acts [...]

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