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“Such is the nature of the marriage relation that a breach once made cannot be healed, and it is the height of folly to waste one's life in vain efforts to make a binary compound of two diverse elements. What would we think of the chemist who should sit twenty years trying to mix oil and water, and insist upon it that his happiness depended upon the result of the experiment?”

Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences

“Because of the oil-and-water relationship governments have cultivated between ethics and political economy, speaking in plain terms - spelling it out as it is - as become foreign to the public. So here goes: When government sports a surplus, this implies that the political pickpockets have stolen more funds than they can possibly dream of spending. The property is not theirs to keep! Conversely, when deficits are reported, this means that the kleptomaniacs have not been able to steal sufficient funds to cover their profligacy.”

Mean Dream Government Able Political Politics Sports Term Water Economy Ethics Property Spending Oil Stealing Sufficient Fund Stolen Deficit Spelling Surplus Political Economy Oil And Water

Author:Ilana Mercer

“He must be theory-mad beyond redemption who ... shall ... persist in attempting to reconcile the obstinate oils and waters of Poetry and Truth.”

Poetry Water Theory Mad Oil Redemption Persist Attempting Reconcile Obstinate Oil And Water

Book:Poems and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Memoir

Source: Poems and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Memoir

“We wish genius and morality where affectionate companions, but it is a fact that they are often bitter enemies. They don't necessarily coalesce any more than oil and water do.”

Facts Wish Water Enemy Genius Morality Ethics Oil Bitter Companion Affectionate Oil And Water

Author:Artemas Ward