"The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age."

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Source : John Jay Chapman (1900). “Practical Agitation”

John Jay Chapman

#Growing Up Quotes #Lying Quotes #Men Quotes

“The proper Science and Subject for Man's Contemplation is Man himself. [Fr., La vraie science et le vrai etude de l'homme c'est l'homme.]”
“I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.”
“We tell ourselves we're here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.”
“I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home.”
“Youâ€™re crowding me. I needâ€” room.â€... What I needed were boundaries. I needed willpower. I needed to be caged up, since yet again I was proving I couldnâ€™t be trusted in Patchâ€™s presence. I should have been bolting for the door, and yet â€¦ I wasnâ€™t.”
“Our fear that communism might someday take over most of the world blinds us to the fact that anti- communism already has.”
“I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.”
“The defining factor [for success] is never resources; itâ€™s resourcefulness.”

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