"The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought."

-- Martin Van Buren

#Government Quotes #Excitement Quotes #Sober Quotes

“The Petal table is a flower that is always in bloom.”
“Fortunately, I read (the books) without knowing what I was in for, and the best thing that can ever happen to a reader happened to me: I loved something that, by conviction (or by my nature) I should not have loved”
“You can't take this speck of dust in this midst of all this incredible panorama of birth and complexifying and say...this is the only place that [life] happens. It's like turning your back on the whole idea of growth and evolution.”
“Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.”
“Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love.”
“True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers.”

Source : Lewis Hyde (2010). “Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership”, p.27, Macmillan
“...women, brave as stars at dawn”
“N.Y. Chamber of Commerce Urges Passage of Silver For War Use.”

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