Our Literature, Despite Several False Starts That

[government's] Great Contribution To Human Wisdom...is The Discovery That The Taxpayer Has More Than One Pocket.

There Is Something Even More Valuable To Civilization Than Wisdom, And That Is Character.

Democracy Is A Pathetic Belief In The Collective Wisdom Of Individual Ignorance.

Temptation Is An Irresistible Force At Work On A Movable Body.

The Smallest Atom Of Truth Represents Some Man's Bitter Toil And Agony; For Every Ponderable Chunk Of It There Is A Brave Truth-seeker's Grave Upon Some Lonely Ash-dump And A Soul Roasting In Hell.