Facts about John Jay Chapman

Occup.Poet
FromUSA
BornMarch 2, 1862
Died1933

Summary

John Jay Chapman was a famous Poet from USA, who lived between March 2, 1862 and 1933.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by John.

17 Famous quotes by John Jay Chapman

Small: The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought
"The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought"
Small: I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns
"I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns"
Small: Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a pec
"Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself"
Small: A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio betw
"A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio between commerce and intellect"
Small: It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep
"It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep"
Small: Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too
"Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation"
Small: Too much agreement kills the chat
"Too much agreement kills the chat"
Small: Politics is organized hatred, that is unity
"Politics is organized hatred, that is unity"
Small: Good government is the outcome of private virtue
"Good government is the outcome of private virtue"
Small: A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum
"A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind"
Small: The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost
"The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost"
Small: People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this that reform consists in taking a bone from a
"People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it"
Small: People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry i
"People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold"
Small: All progress is experimental
"All progress is experimental"
Small: Wherever you see a man who gives someone elses corruption, someone elses prejudice as a reason for not
"Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us"
Small: The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under th
"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"
Small: Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life,
"Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth"