“I am a strange compound of weakness and resolution! However, if I must suffer, I will endeavour to suffer in silence. There is certainly a great defect in my mind my wayward heart creates its own misery Why I am made thus I cannot tell; and, till I can form some idea of the whole of my existence, I must be content to weep and dance like a child long for a toy, and be tired of it as soon as I get it.” IfsMindHeartChildrenLongMadeI CanIdeasWholeFormSufferingExistenceSilenceStrangeWeaknessTiredMiseryResolutionToysDefectsCompoundsEndeavour Author:Mary Wollstonecraft
“We are made ridiculous less by our defects than by the affectation of qualities which are not ours.” MadeQualityRidiculousDefects Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“Persons who clamor for governmental control of American railways should visit Germany, and above all Russia, to see how such control results. In Germany its defects are evident enough; people are made to travel in carriages which our main lines would not think of using, and with a lack of conveniences which with us would provoke a revolt; but the most amazing thing about this administration in Russia is to see how, after all this vast expenditure, the whole atmosphere of the country seems to paralyze energy.” PeopleThinkingShouldPersonsMadeCountryEnoughWholeSeemsEnergyLinesResultsRussiaAdministrationAtmosphereGermanyProvokingEvidentDefectsConvenienceRevoltAmazing ThingsMost AmazingExpendituresCarriagesRailwayClamor Book:AUTOBIOGRAPHY of ANDREW DICKSON WHITE volume 1 Source: AUTOBIOGRAPHY of ANDREW DICKSON WHITE volume 1