Quotes
Quotes - Jones
Than all Bocara's vaunted gold,
Than all the gems of Samarcand.
Go boldly forth, my simple lay,
Whose accents flow with artless ease,
Like orient pearls at random strung.
On parent knees, a naked new-born child,
Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled;
So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep,
Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.
What constitutes a state?
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Men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain.
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And sovereign law, that state's collected will,
O'er thrones and globes elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven,
Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.
Nothing produces such odd results as trying to get even.
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.
We grow small trying to be great.
Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.
Honest criticism is hard to take - especially when it comes from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back.
Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.
Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife.
A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not.
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter. -James Earl Jones.
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.
Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands.
The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs.
On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets.
