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Letter "J" » John Jay Chapman Quotes
«A thing is not the truth till it is so strongly believed in, that the believer is convinced that its existence does not depend upon him»
«Organized hatred, that is unity»
Author: John Jay Chapman
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unity
«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.»
«It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.»
«Too much agreement kills the chat.»
«Good government is the outcome of private virtue.»
Author: John Jay Chapman
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outcome
«All progress is experimental.»
Author: John Jay Chapman
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experimental
«It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.»
«Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It is not due to trade but to intensity of self-seeking, combined with narrowness of occupation. Business has destroyed the very knowledge in us of all other natural forces except business.»
Author: John Jay Chapman
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«The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.»
Author: John Jay Chapman
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