Entry 13

If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.
Mark Twain

The dog is a gentleman, I hope to go to his heaven, not man's.
Mark Twain

The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but Cabbage with a College Education.
Mark Twain

Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it.
Mark Twain

I'd rather have ten snakes in the house than one fly.
Mark Twain

Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a congressman can.
Mark Twain

Entry 12

The anger of lovers renews their love.
Terence

He who loves without jealousy does not truly love.
The Zofar, 15th C.

Coquettes know how to please, not how to love, which is why men love them so much.
Pierre Marivaux

The more serious the face, the more beautiful the smile.
Chateaubriand

A whore is like a crocodile that fastens her prey with her tail.
Samuel Butler

Entry 11

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Thomas Jefferson

The peace and welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: "Our country -- when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right."

Carl Schurz

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

Edward R. Murrow

"My country, right or wrong" is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying "My mother, drunk or sober."

G. K. Chesterton

The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.

H. L. Mencken

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.

Norman Thomas

Entry 10

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of Humour itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.
Mark Twain

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.
Aldous Huxley

Literature is news that stays news.
Ezra Pound

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Novalis

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.
Andre Gide