Quotes by American authors

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Small: These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people
Abraham Lincoln
"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me
Abraham Lincoln
"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar
Abraham Lincoln
"Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have exist
Abraham Lincoln
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: I walk slowly, but I never walk backward
Abraham Lincoln
"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: I remember my mothers prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life
Abraham Lincoln
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: I never had a policy I have just tried to do my very best each and every day
Abraham Lincoln
"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice
Abraham Lincoln
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice"
Abraham Lincoln, President
Small: When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace
Jimi Hendrix
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: When I die, just keep playing the records
Jimi Hendrix
"When I die, just keep playing the records"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial but if honest, and bent on thorough investigati
Ambrose Bierce
"Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious
Ambrose Bierce
"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilizat
Ambrose Bierce
"Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense
Ambrose Bierce
"Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of anothers resemblance to ourselves
Ambrose Bierce
"Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure
Ambrose Bierce
"Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends
Ambrose Bierce
"Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity
Ambrose Bierce
"Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: War is Gods way of teaching Americans geography
Ambrose Bierce
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy
Ambrose Bierce
"There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested
Ambrose Bierce
"Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable
Ambrose Bierce
"Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness
Ambrose Bierce
"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion
Ambrose Bierce
"Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay
Ambrose Bierce
"Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy
Ambrose Bierce
"Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats
Ambrose Bierce
"I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly
Ambrose Bierce
"History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Historian - a broad-gauge gossip
Ambrose Bierce
"Historian - a broad-gauge gossip"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding
Ambrose Bierce
"Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate
Ambrose Bierce
"Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating inc
Ambrose Bierce
"Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs
Ambrose Bierce
"Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness
Ambrose Bierce
"Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk
Ambrose Bierce
"Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money
Ambrose Bierce
"Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gi
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet
Small: I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carr
Robert Frost
"I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power"
Robert Frost, Poet
Small: I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand I teach in order to learn
Robert Frost
"I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn"
Robert Frost, Poet
Small: You have freedom when youre easy in your harness
Robert Frost
"You have freedom when you're easy in your harness"
Robert Frost, Poet
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