“It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.” MenCan DoExpectationsPraiseRaisesMischiefCommendation Book:The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge Source: The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge
“We hold reunions, not for the dead, for there is nothing in all the earth that you and I can do for the dead. They are past our help and past our praise. We can add to them no glory, we can give to them no immortality. They do not need us, but forever and forever more we need them.” NeedsGivingI CanHelpingEarthPastCan DoForeverGloryPraiseAddImmortalityReunion Author:James A. Garfield