#ra

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#both #breeding #candor #equally #frame

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#cannot #costly #depends #enterprising #expensive

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#effects #exceptions #general #particular #systems

The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#any #business #consulting #control #embrace

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#democracies #mediocrity #tendency #things

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#aimed #another #boldly #effecting #ends

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#friends #go #good #good friends #like

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows. ↗

— Jilly Cooper

#grass #i #i love #long #love

New Maxi-Pad Pets. Accessories for your period. Brought to you by The Corporation: In your homes and in your pants. ↗

— Libba Bray

#humour #libba-bray #beauty

Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#bush #clinton #conservative #criticized #era