Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each...
Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us...
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual...
Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from...
Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in...
Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate...
Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the...
Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including...
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their...
What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the...
I think a lot more people are starting to understand the power of YouTube.
Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal...
Pakistan's political instability is its greatest vulnerability, and a decline...
Eurasia is the world's axial supercontinent. A power that dominated Eurasia...
All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.
In theater or movies you see either 'I'm religious' or 'I'm an atheist.' I've...
A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution...
There's a lot of buying power from the Middle East. Girls from Dubai want to...
Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater...
It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was...
If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even...
If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few,...
If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or...
For Europe to play a part in the world on the scale of its wealth and its...
How should we begin to make amends for raising a generation obsessed with the...
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects...
Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition...
It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise...
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my...
We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we...
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is...
Buy the best you can find or afford and don't over manipulate it. If I cook a...
I would be remiss if I didn't praise Hillary for her excellent judgment in...
I have nothing but praise for J. K. Rowling. Her contribution - apart from...
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a...
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than...
