Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.
~ John Steinbeck
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Category Archives: 1947 – Quote, Unquote
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Not only the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it.
~ John Steinbeck
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
~ John Steinbeck
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
~ Walter Bagehot
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The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights—the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn.
~ Walter Bagehot
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The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the, benevolence of mankind does most good or harm.
~ Walter Bagehot
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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
~ Walter Bagehot
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The reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people who can write know anything.
~ Walter Bagehot
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To a great experience one thing is essential — an experiencing nature.
~ Walter Bagehot
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Cabinet governments educate the nation; the presidential does not educate it, and may corrupt it.
~ Walter Bagehot
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