“Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world. Compulsion is applied from above as self-discipline relaxes below, and the last liberties expire under the weight of a unitary state.... Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary that divided good from evil is overthrown; kings and nations are guided by chance and none can say where are the natural limits of despotism and the bound of license.” MenWorldFirstsSoulSelfStatesGovernmentLastsEvilLostNationsNaturalChanceAbilityPleasureLibertyMoralHonestThis WorldKingsDisciplineLimitsWeightBoundsCorruptionBoundariesGenuineRelaxEmpiresGoodsDividedDecayCommerceSelf DisciplineLicenseCompulsionDespotismProminentHamperMoral DecayHonest Government Author:Russell Kirk
“Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white men, and he recovers easily from wounds that would kill any European outright.” IfsMenDifferentGivenChanceWhiteOrganizationFavorsWoundsIndianSevereWhite Man Book:Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern Source: Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern
“My friend's granddad died of prostate cancer and it had a profound effect on me. So when I was presented with the opportunity to speak out, I had to take it. This is a life threatening issue for men, it happens every day. The more you know the better your chances are of dealing with it if the worst were to happen.” IfsKnowsMenHappensOpportunitySpeakChanceIssuesWorstEffectsMy FriendsDiedProfoundCancerThreateningChances AreSpeaks OutDealing With ItProstateProstate Cancer Author:Tristan Wilds
“The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be hidden, not shared; where competition, not co-operation, is the order of the day; where men sacrifice the possibility of knowing their own children and sharing in their upbringing, for the sake of a job they may have chosen by chance, which may not suit them and which in many cases dominates their lives to the exclusion of much else.” MenWorldMayChildrenJobsOrderChanceCasesKnowingDoubtSacrificePossibilityCompetitionSakeChosenConfusionSuitsOperationsVulnerabilityUpbringingExclusionBleak Author:Anna Ford
“The people are the foundation of the nation. Our only chance for a lasting peace on earth: the release of the strength of the common man.” PeopleMenEarthNationsChanceCommonFoundationReleaseLastingPeace On EarthCommon ManRehabilitationLasting Love Author:Y. C. James Yen
“A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.” MenChanceAttentionSurpriseCommandResolutionSecrecy Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity. This principal has taken full effect on this state favorite.” MenMayStatesChanceTakenEffectsPrincipalPosterityPursuedFactionsNicknamesCalumny Author:Isaac D'Israeli
“There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased, The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured.” MenMayLyingChanceWeakAimSeedsProphecyDeceased Author:William Shakespeare
“A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!” IfsMenWayWantGrowsChanceCatHelpfulCarrieTailsChances AreDoubtful Author:Mark Twain
“Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.” IfsMenStillsWould BeChanceTeachingChildhoodSlaveIllTyrannyTyrantsExcessWickednessPurpleDespots Book:Poems. The history of a crime Source: Poems. The history of a crime
“A wise man turns chance into good fortune.” MenTurnsChanceBusinessWiseFortuneGood FortuneFortune And Luck Author:Thomas Fuller