Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

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Politics

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law. Fisher Ames—Speech. Jan., 1788.	1
Man is by nature a civic animal. Aristotle—Polit. I. 2.	2
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. Attributed to John Arbuthnot, M.D. In “Life of Emerson.” P. 165.	3
Listen! John A. Logan is the Head Centre, the Hub, the King Pin, the Main Spring, Mogul, and Mugwump of the final plot by which partisanship was installed in the Commission. Isaac H. Bromley—Editorial in the New York Tribune. Feb. 16, 1877.	4
It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being not men, but measures, that I am determined to support. In a monarchy it is the duty of parliament to look at the men as well as at the measures. Lord Brougham—In the House of Commons. Nov., 1830.	5
We are Republicans, and don’t propose to leave our party and identify ourselves with the party whose antecedents have been Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion. Samuel D. Burchard—One of the Deputation visiting Mr. Blaine. Oct. 29, 1884.	6
You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe. Burke—Reflexions on the Revolution in France. Vol. III. P. 277.	7
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures. Burke—Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent. Earl of Shelburne quotes the phrase in a letter, July 11, 1765, before Burke’s use of it.	8
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. Calhoun—Speech delivered in the House of Representatives. (1812).	9
Away with the cant of “Measures, not men!”—the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along. No Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures comparatively nothing. Canning—Speech against the Addington Ministry. (1801).	10
The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose. Quoted by Randolph Churchill.	11
One of the greatest of Romans, when asked what were his politics, replied, “Imperium et libertas.” That would not make a bad programme for a British Ministry. Randolph Churchill—Speech. Mansion House, London. Nov. 10, 1879.	12
Here the two great interests IMPERIUM ET LIBERTAS, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other. Sir Winston Churchill—Divi Britannici. P. 849. (1675).	13
Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius. I am of the opinion which you have always held, that “viva voce” voting at elections is the best method. Cicero—De Legibus. III. 15. Philippics. IV. 4. Tacitus—Agricola. Ch. III.	14
It is a condition which confronts us—not a theory. Grover Cleveland—Annual Message. (1887).	15
Party honesty is party expediency. Grover Cleveland—Interview in New York Commercial Advertiser. Sept. 19, 1889.	16
Laissez faire, laissez passer. Let it alone. Let it pass by. Colbert, according to Lord John Russell. See report of his speech in the London Times, April 2, 1840. Attributed to Gournay, Minister of Commerce, at Paris, 1751. Also to Quesnay. Quoted by Adam Smith—Wealth of Nations.	17
Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient. Benj. Disraeli—On Import Duties. April 25, 1843.	18
The Right Honorable gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing and walked away with their clothes. Benj. Disraeli—Speech. House of Commons, Feb. 28, 1845.	19
Party is organized opinion. Benj. Disraeli—Speech. Oxford, Nov. 25, 1864.	20
Principle is ever my motto, no expediency. Benj. Disraeli—Sybil. Bk. II. Ch. II.	21
Information upon points of practical politics. Benj. Disraeli—Vivian Gray. Ch. XIV. Given by Walsh as first appearance of the phrase “practical politics.”	22
All the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse, which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph. Benj. Disraeli—The Young Duke. Bk. II. Ch. V.	23
Damned Neuters, in their Middle way of Steering, Are neither Fish, nor Flesh, nor good Red Herring. Dryden—Duke of Guise. Epilogue. Phrase used by Dr. Smith. Ballet. Ch. IX. In Musarum Deliciæ.	24
What is a Communist? One who has yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Ebenezer Elliot—Epigrams.	25
All political power is a trust. Charles James Fox. (1788).	26
Oh! we’ll give ’em Jessie When we rally round the polls. Popular song of Fremont’s Supporters in the Presidential Campaign of 1856.	27
I always voted at my party’s call, And I never thought of thinking for myself at all. W. S. Gilbert—H. M. S. Pinafore.	28
Measures, not men, have always been my mark. Goldsmith—Good-Natured Man. Act II.	29
Who, born for the universe, narrow’d his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Goldsmith—Retaliation. L. 31.	30
Who will burden himself with your liturgical parterre when the burning questions [brennende Fragen] of the day invite to very different toils? Hagenbach—Grundlinien der Liturgik und Homiletik. (1803). “Burning question” used by Edward Miall, M.P., also by Disraeli in the House of Commons, March, 1873.	31
He serves his party best who serves the country best. Rutherford B. Hayes—Inaugural Address. March 5, 1877.	32
The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand, The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Holmes—Poetry. A Metrical Essay. L. 83.	33
Non ego ventosæ plebis suffragia venor. I court not the votes of the fickle mob. Horace—Epistles. I. 19. 37.	34
Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen foreheads of the defamers of his country, and the maligners of his honor. Robert G. Ingersoll—The Plumed Knight. Speech in nomination of Blaine for President in the Republican Convention. Cincinnati, June 15, 1876.	35
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. Thos. Jefferson—Letter to Coxe. (1799).	36
If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none. Usually quoted, “Few die and none resign.” Thos. Jefferson—Letter to Elias Shipman and Merchants of New Haven. July 12, 1801.	37
Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest men, with understanding sufficient for their stations. No duty is at the same time more difficult to fulfil. The knowledge of character possessed by a single individual is of necessity limited. To seek out the best through the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect. Thos. Jefferson—Letter to Elias Shipman and Merchants of New Haven. July 12, 1801. Paraphrased, “Put the right man in the right place” by McMaster—History of the People of the U.S. Vol. II. P. 586.	38
We are swinging round the circle. Andrew Johnson—Of the Presidential “Reconstruction.” August, 1866.	39
I have always said the first Whig was the Devil. Samuel Johnson—Boswell’s Johnson. (1778).	40
Skilled to pull wires he baffles nature’s hope, who sure intended him to stretch a rope. Lowell—The Boss. (Tweed.)	41
Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular. Macaulay—On Mitford’s History of Greece.	42
Factions among yourselves; preferring such To offices and honors, as ne’er read The elements of saving policy; But deeply skilled in all the principles That usher to destruction. Massinger—The Bondman. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 210.	43
Agitate, agitate, agitate. Lord Melbourne. In Torrens—Life of Lord Melbourne. Vol. I. P. 320, and in Walpole’s History of England from Conclusion of the Great War. Vol. III. P. 143.	44
Every time I fill a vacant office I make ten malcontents and one ingrate. Molière. Quoting Louis XIV, in Siècle de Louis Quatorze.	45
Those who would treat politics and morality apart will never understand the one or the other. John Morley—Rousseau. P. 380.	46
Car c’est en famille, ce n’est pas en public, qu’un lave son linge sale. But it is at home and not in public that one should wash ones dirty linen. Napoleon—On his return from Elba. Speech to the Legislative Assembly.	47
Better a hundred times an honest and capable administration of an erroneous policy than a corrupt and incapable administration of a good one. E. J. Phelps—At Dinner of the N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. Nov. 19, 1889.	48
The White Plume of Navarre. Name given to N. Y. Tribune during the Civil War. See Wendell Phillips—Under the Flag. Boston, April 21, 1861.	49
A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod; But executes a freeman’s will, As lightning does the will of God; And from its force, nor doors nor locks Can shield you; ’tis the ballot-box. Pierpont—A Word from a Petitioner.	50
Party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many, for the gain of a few. Pope—Letter to Blount. Aug. 27, 1714.	51
Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last. Pope—Moral Essays. Ep. I. L. 228.	52
Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few. Pope in Thoughts on Various Subjects, written by Swift and Pope. Evidence in favor of Pope.	53
A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect. Horace Porter—A Bon-Mot in Cleveland Blaine Campaign. (1884).	54
Abstain from beans. Pythagoras. Advice against political voting, which was done by means of beans. See Lucian Gallus. IV. 5. Vitarum Auctio. Sect. 6. The superstition against beans was prevalent in Egypt however. See Herodotus. II. 37, also Sextus Empiricus. Explanations to abstain from beans from lost treatise of Aristotle in Diog. Laertes. VIII. 34. Beans had an oligarchical character on account of their use in voting. Plutarch gives a similar explanation in De Educat. Ch. XVII. Caution against entering public life, for the votes by which magistrates were elected were originally given by beans. Pythagoras referred to by Jeremy Taylor—Holy Living. Sect. IV. P. 80.	55
I will drive a coach and six through the Act of Settlement. Stephen Rice—Quoted by Macaulay—History of England. Ch. XII. Familiarly known as “Drive a coach and six through an Act of Parliament.”	56
There is a homely old adage which runs: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” If the American nation will speak softly and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far. Roosevelt. Address at Minnesota State Fair, Sept 2, 1901.	57
The first advice I have to give the party is that it should clean its slate. Lord Rosebery (Fifth Earl)—Speech. Chesterfield. Dec. 16, 1901.	58
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 4. L. 90.	59
Get thee glass eyes; And, like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not. King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 6. L. 174.	60
O, that estates, degrees, and offices Were not deriv’d corruptly, and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer! Merchant of Venice. Act II. Sc. 9. L. 41.	61
Persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it. Merry Wives of Windsor. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 1.	62
When I first came into Parliament, Mr. Tierney, a great Whig authority, used always to say that the duty of an Opposition was very simple—it was to oppose everything and propose nothing. Lord Stanley—Debate, June 4, 1841. See Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates.	63
Who is the dark horse he has in his stable? Thackeray—Adventures of Philip.	64
As long as I count the votes what are you going to do about it? Say. Wm. M. Tweed—The Ballot in 1871.	65
Defence, not defiance. Motto adopted by the “Volunteers,” when there was fear of an invasion of England by Napoleon. (1859).	66
The king [Frederick] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time. Voltaire—Reply to General Manstein. CXI.	67
The gratitude of place expectants is a lively sense of future favours. Ascribed to Walpole by Hazlitt—Wit and Humour. Same in La Rochefoucauld—Maxims.	68
I am not a politician, and my other habits air good. Artemus Ward—Fourth of July Oration.	69
Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself. Woodrow Wilson. To the Pan-American Scientific Congress. Washington, Jan. 6, 1916.	70
Tippecanoe and Tyler too. Political slogan, attributed to Orson E. Woodbury. (1840).	71

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Global economic crisis is the focus of 'child-friendly budgets' forum in New York

Global economic crisis is the focus of 'child-friendly budgets' forum in New York

NEW YORK, USA, 24 February 2010 – UNICEF and Fordham University, with the support of the European Commission, hosted a two-day policy forum and workshop – Child Friendly Budgets for 2010 and Beyond.

Al Gore Joins Richard Branson in Backing GreenRoad

What do a trucker, an Israeli entrepreneur, Al Gore and Richard Branson all have in common? Proof that the real goldmines are old, neglected industries.

The name of that proof is GreenRoad. While so many entrepreneurs bang their heads against a Web and social media advertising brick wall, GreenRoad has applied common technology to an industry technology has largely passed by and—voila—they’ve got a business that’s growing and saving lives, money and the environment.

Driving is the third most deadly profession after deep sea fishing and working in a coal mine. Not only does driving more safely save lives but research shows it can also save 10% on annual fuel costs, and alleviate a good chunk of the $230 billion professional fleets spend on crashes each year. Enter GreenRoad: a system that helps professional drivers drive more safely and as a result save their company a lot of money.

The GreenRoad system looks simple from the outside: There’s a two-inch device on the dashboard that starts the day with a green light. If a driver brakes hard, swerves or turns recklessly, the light turns yellow. If the driver continues to drive erratically the light stays yellow. If it gets worse the light turns red. That’s it. But like a lot of apparently simple ideas, there’s a lot more going on under the hood.

GreenRoad was the brain-child of an Israeli entrepreneur who was run off the road one night by some wild kids. “If only their parents knew how they were driving…” he muttered to himself and the work on the company began. It morphed over the years from a consumer product to one aimed at commercial fleets. While the device is made up from mostly off-the-shelf products like a GPS chip, accelerometer, a CPU, mashed up with Google maps and a dashboard-like management portal, it took a good three years of hardcore R&D to build.

While you want the system to work well enough that aggressive driving tactics are caught, avoiding false positives are a must if drivers are to trust GreenRoad and accept its results. The algorithms can crunch more than 120 different driving maneuvers and the map on the dashboard helps provide context, both for the driver, and for a supervisor looking at the results later. For instance, a lot of harsh right turns could be the result of a hairpin turn in the road, not carelessness on the part of the driver.

There’s also a good deal of psychology worked into the device. Drivers don’t want to feel spied on, so video and audio surveillance products haven’t been popular. It’s also not a good idea to have something distracting, which is why early models that had icons to describe the offending aggressive move were nixed for the three simple lights. The dashboard, too, helps pull natural competitive levers by showing your performance, relative to your peers. And don’t underestimate things as simple as starting each day with a green light: The key is holding drivers to a high enough standard, while letting them know they can succeed if they work at it and concentrate as well.

GreenRoad has raised less than $40 million to date from Richard Branson’s Virgin Green Fund, Balderton Capital in London, Benchmark and DAG Ventures. On Monday the company will be announcing another $10 million from Generation Investment, a fund started by Al Gore and David Blood, a former CEO of Goldman Sachs asset management.

Sound like a lot of money? Consider how much the company saves. Fuel savings just from driving less aggressively can save a company some $300 per vehicle per year, and when you factor in crash savings it’s more like $1000 to $4000 in savings per vehicle per year. That makes it a very easy ROI sale for a company’s CFO, environmental officer or safety officer.

Now consider how much GreenRoad makes. It has 80 customers so far, and more than one of those customers have installed the technology in 20,000 of their cars. The three-year license goes for $1,000 per car, which the fuel savings alone cover. That’s right: We’re talking about $20 million contracts. And there’s more where that came from. GreenRoad Senior VP Eric Weiss says there are 80 million professionally driven cars in the US and the EU. That puts GreenRoad in the middle of a $80 billion market. I haven’t seen many companies like these since the good old days of enterprise software. And GreenRoad doesn’t have a lot of competition.

Weiss himself came from the enterprise software and mobile space. At first he wasn’t sure about a tech company in such a weird, forgotten market, but pretty soon he got excited. “There are very few problems left of this size to solve,” he says. “Besides, the world doesn’t need another gadget for my phone or another ERP company.

And he’s right. GreenRoad proves what a lot of smart investors have been saying for a while now— that the best tech deals are no longer in a much picked over “tech sector” per se, but rather in applying technology to old-world industries.

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108 Chinese Proverbs

"A collection of good sentences resembles a string of pearls."- Chinese Saying 1. THE man of first rate excellence is virtuous independently of instruction: he of the middling class is so after instruction the lowest order of men are vicious, in spite of instruction. 2. By a long journey we know a horse's strength; so length of days shews a man's heart. 3. The spontaneous gifts of Heaven are of high value; but the strength of perseverance gains the prize. 4. The generations of men follow each other, like the waves in a swollen river. 5. In the days. of affluence, always think of poverty: do not let want come upon you, and make you remember with regret the time of plenty. (The Chinese have also the following, in complete opposition to the foregoing, maxim.) 6. Let us get drunk to-day, while we have wine: the sorrows of to-morrow may be borne to-morrow. 7. To correct an evil which already exists, is not so well as to foresee. and prevent it. 8.Modesty is attended with profit: arrogance brings on destruction. 9. The growth of the mulberry tree. Corresponds with its early bent. 10. The same tree may produce sour and sweet fruit: the. same mother may have a virtuous and vicious progeny. 11. It is equally criminal in the governor, and the governed, to violate the laws. 12. As the scream of the eagle is heard when she has passed over; so a man's name remains after his death. 13. Questions of right. and wrong (with reference to men's characters) are every day arising: if not listened to, they die away of themselves. 14. Doubt and distraction are on earth: the brightness of truth in heaven. 15. In learning, age and youth go for nothing: the best informed takes the precedence. 16. Against open crimes, punishments can oppose a barrier: but secret offences it is difficult for the laws to reach. 17. If there be no faith in our words, of what use are they? 18. If there be a want of concord among members of the same family, other men will take advantage of it to injure them. 19. The world's unfavourable views of conduct and character are but as the floating clouds, from which the brightest day is not free. 20. Wine and good dinners make abundance of friends; but in the time of adversity, not one is to be found. 21. Let every man sweep the snow from before his own doors, and not trouble himself about the frost on his neighbour's tiles. 22. He who. can suppress a moment's anger, may prevent many days' sorrow. 23. The human relations are five in number, but that of husband and wife is the first in rank: the great ceremonies (or rites) amount to three thousand, but that of marriage is the most important. 24. Worldly fame and pleasure are destructive to the virtue of the mind; anxious thoughts and apprehensions are injurious to the health of the body. 25. In a field of melons, do not pull up your shoe: under a. plum-tree, do not adjust your cap, (i. e. be very careful of your conduct under circumstances of suspicion.)• 26. The man of worth is really great. without being proud; the mean. man is proud, without being really great. 27. Time flies like an arrow:. days and months like a. weaver's shuttle. 28. It is said in the Ye-king, that Of those men, whose talent is inconsiderable, while their station is eminent, and of those,.whose knowledge is small, while, their. schemes are large, --there are few who do not become miserable. 29. When a man obtain a large sum, without having earned it, if it does not• make him very happy, it will certainly make him very unhappy. 30. Though a man may be utterly stupid, he is very perspicacious while reprehending the bad actions of others; though he may be very intelligent, he is dull enough, while excusing his own faults. Do you only correct yourself on the same principle that you correct others, and excuse others on the same principle that you excuse yourself. 31. The figure of men in ancient times resembled that of' wild beasts, but their hearts contained the most perfect virtue. The outward appearance of the present race of men is human, but their dispositions re utterly brutish. 32. Do not anxiously expect what is. not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past. 33. Men's passions are like water. When water has once flowed over, it cannot easily be restored; .when the passions have once been. indulged, they cannot, easily be restrained. Water must be kept in by dykes, the passions must be regulated by the laws of propriety. 34. Without ascending the. Mountain, we cannot admire the height of heaven; without descending into the valley, we cannot admire the depth of the earth; without listening to the maxims left by the ancient Kings; we cannot know the excellence of wisdom. 35. In making a candle, we seek for light; in studying a book, we seek for reason: light, to illuminate a dark chamber; reason, to enlighten man's heart. 36. By learning, the sons of the common people become public ministers; without learning, the sons of public ministers become mingled with the mass of the people. 37. Though an affair may be easily accomplished, if it is not attended to, it will never be completed: though your son may be well-disposed, if he is not instructed, he will still remain ignorant. 38. If you love your son, be liberal in punishment; if you hate your son, accustom him to dainties. 39. Past events are as clear as a mirror; the future, as obscure as varnish. 40. What exists in the morning, we cannot be certain of in the evening; what exists in the evening, we cannot calculate upon for the next morning. The fortunes of men are as variable as the winds and clouds of heaven. 41. When you are happier than usual, you should be prepared against some great misfortune. Where joy-is extreme, it precedes grief. Having obtained the Imperial favour, you should think of disgrace; living in quiet, you should think of danger. When your glory is complete, your disgrace will be the greater; when your success is great, your ruin will be the deeper. 42. In security, do not forget danger: in.times of public tranquillity, be prepared against anarchy. 43. The fishes, though deep in the water, may be hooked; the birds, though high in the air, may be shot; but man's secret thoughts are out of our reach. The heavens may be measured. the earth may be Surveyed; the heart of man only is not to be known. 44. Riches are what the man of worth considers lightly; death is what the mean man deems of importance. 45. When the man of a naturally good propensity has much wealth, it injures his advancement in wisdom: when the worthless man has much wealth, it increases his faults. 46. In enacting laws, rigour is indispensable; in executing them, mercy. 47. Do not consider any vice as trivial, and therefore practice it: do not consider any virtue as unimportant, and therefore neglect it. 48. Following virtue is like ascending a steep: following vice, like rushing down a precipice. 49. All events are separately fated before they happen. Floating on the stream of life, it is in vain that we torment ourselves. Nothing proceeds from the machinations of men, but the whole of our lives is planned by destiny. 50. A vicious wife, and. an untoward Son, no laws can govern. 51. He who tells me of my faults, is my instructor: he who tells me .of my virtues does me harm. 52. Let your words be few, and your companions select: thus you will escape remorse and repentance; thus you will avoid sorrow and .shame. 53. If a man's wishes be few, his health will be flourishing: if he has many anxious thoughts, his constitution will decay. 54.Honours come by diligence: riches spring from economy. 55. The mild and gentle must ultimately profit themselves: the violent and fierce must bring down misfortune. 56. If you wish to know what most engages a man's thoughts, you have only to listen to his conversation. 57. In our actions, we should accord with the will of heaven: in our words, we should consult the feelings of men. 58. If a man be not enlightened within, what lamp shall he light? if his intentions be notupright, what prayers shall he repeat? 59. Man perishes in the pursuit of wealth; as the bird meets with destruction in search of its food. 60. Knowing what is right without practicing it, denotes a want of proper resolution. 61. There are plenty of men in the world, but very few heroes. 62. Poverty and ruin must in the end be proportioned to a man's wickedness and craft; for these are qualities which heaven will not suffer to prevail. Were riches and honours the proper results of crafty villainy, the better part of the world must fatten on the winds. 63. The best cure for drunkenness is, whilst sober, to observe a drunken man. 64. The opening flower blooms alike in all places: the moon sheds an equal radiance on every mountain and every- river. Evil exists only in the heart of man; all I other things shew the benevolence of heaven towards the human race. 65. Would you know the character of the Prince, examine his ministers; would you understand the disposition of any men, look at his companions; would you know that of a father, observe his son. 66. A man is as ignorant of his own failings; as the ox is unconscious of his great strength. 67. A man, by the cultivation of virtue, consults his own interest: .his stores of wisdom and reflexion are every day filling up. 68. Confucius says," The capacity for knowledge, of the inferior man, is small, and easily filled up: the intelligence of the superior man is deep, and not easily satisfied." 69. Though the ,screen be torn, its frame is still preserved: though the good man be plunged in want, his virtue still remains to him. 70. Without the wisdom of the learned, the clown could not be governed; without the. labour of the clown, the learned could ot be fed. 71. The cure of ignorance is study,--as meat is that of hunger 72. Though the white gem be cast into the dirt, its purity cannot be (lastingly) sullied: though the good man live. in a vile place, his heart cannot be depraved. As the fir and the cypress withstand the rigours of the winter, so resplendent wisdom is safe in situations of difficulty and danger. 73. It is not easy to stop the fire, when the water is at a distance: friends at band, are better than relations afar off. 74. If a man wish to attain to the excellence of superior beings, let him first cultivate the virtues of humanity; for if not perfect in human virtue, how shall he reach immortal perfection? 75. Man is born without .knowledge, and when he has obtained it, very soon becomes old: when his experience is ripe, death suddenly seizes him. 76. There are three great maxims to be observed by those who hold public situations; voz. to be uprigbt, -to be circumspect, to be diligent. Those who know these three rules, know that by which they will ensure their own safety in office. 77. A man's prosperous, or declining condition, may be gathered from the proportion of his waking to his sleeping hours. 78. Unsullied poverty is always happy, while impure wealth brings with it many sorrows. 79. He who receives a benefit, and is not ungrateful,-as a son, will be dutiful, --as a minister, will be faithful. 80. The fame of men's good actions seldom goes beyond their own doors; but their evil deeds are carried to a thousand miles distance. 81. The sincerity of him, who assents to every thing, must be small; and .he who praises you inordinately to your face, must be altogether false. 82. Petty distinctions are injurious to rectitude; quibbling words violate right reason. 83. 'hough powerful medicines be nauseous to the taste, they are good for the disease: though candid advice be unpleasant to the ear, it is profitable for the conduct. 84. To shew compassion towards the people, by remitting the severity of the taxes, is the virtue of the prince; and to offer up their possessions, sinking their private views in regard for the public, is the duty ofthe people. 85. Though the life of man be short of a hundred years, he gives himself as much pain and anxiety as if he were to live a thousand. 86. The advantages of wise institutions can be sought for, only in an inflexible observance of them. 87. If a man does not receive guest at home, he will meet with very few hosts abroad. 88. Where views and dispositions agree, the most distant will unite in riendship: where they disagree, relations themselves will soon be at enmity. 89. Without a clear mirror, a woman cannot know the state of her own face: without a true friend, a men cannot discern the errors of his own actions. 90. The evidence of others is not comparable to personal experience: nor is “I heard" so good as " I saw". 91. The three greatest misfortunes in life are, in youth to bury one's father, -at the middle age to lose one's wife,-and, being old, to have no son. 92. A virtuous woman is a source of honour to her husband: a vicious one causes him disgrace. 93. It being asked, "Supposing a widowed woman to be very poor and destitute, might she in such a case take a second husband ?"-It was answered, " This question arises merely from the fear of cold and hunger: but to be starved to death, is a very small matter, compared with the loss of her respectability." 94. Those who cause divisions, in order to injure other people, are in fact preparing pitfalls for their own ruin. 95. Even the carriers of burthens may, by honesty and diligence, obtain a sufficiency. The Proverb says, " Every blade of grass has its share of the dews of Heaven:" and "Though the birds of the forest have no garners; the wide world is all before them." 96. Wisdom, and Virtue, and benevolence, and Rectitude, without Good-breeding, are imperfect, 97. He who wishes to know the road through the mountains, must ask those who have already trodden it. (i. e. we must look for instruction to the experienced.) 98. Rich men look forward to the years that are to come; but the poor man has time to think only of what is immediately before him. 99. It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities, than to assert that he does not. 100. The mischiefs of fire, or water, or robbers, extend only to the body; but those of pernicious doctrines, to the mind. 101. The original tendency of man's heart is to do right: and if a due caution be observed, it will not of itself go wrong. 102. As it is impossible to please men in all things, our only care should be to satisfy our own consciences. 103. He who at once knows himself, and knows others, will triumph as often as he contends. 104. Though brothers are very near relations, the difference of fortune widely separates them. 105. Eat your three meals in the day, and look forward to sleeping at night. 106. A man's countenance is a sufficient index of his prosperity or adversity, without asking him any questions. 107. Adversity is necessary to the developement of men's virtues. 108. It is too late to pull the rein when the horse has gained the brink of the precipice: the time for stopping the leak is passed, when the vessel is in the midst of the river.

The science of love

When do you know if you fancy someone? What does love do to your brain chemicals, and is falling in love just nature's way to keep our species alive? We call it love. It feels like love. But the most exhilarating of all human emotions is probably nature’s beautiful way of keeping the human species alive and reproducing. With an irresistible cocktail of chemicals, our brain entices us to fall in love. We believe we’re choosing a partner. But we may merely be the happy victims of nature’s lovely plan. It’s not what you say... Psychologists have shown it takes between 90 seconds and 4 minutes to decide if you fancy someone. Research has shown this has little to do with what is said, rather 55% is through body language 38% is the tone and speed of their voice Only 7% is through what they say

The 3 stages of love

Helen Fisher of Rutgers University in the States has proposed 3 stages of love – lust, attraction and attachment. Each stage might be driven by different hormones and chemicals.

Stage 1: Lust

This is the first stage of love and is driven by the sex hormones testosterone and oestrogen – in both men and women.

Stage 2: Attraction This is the amazing time when you are truly love-struck and can think of little else. Scientists think that three main neurotransmitters are involved in this stage; adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin. Adrenaline The initial stages of falling for someone activates your stress response, increasing your blood levels of adrenalin and cortisol. This has the charming effect that when you unexpectedly bump into your new love, you start to sweat, your heart races and your mouth goes dry.

Dopamine Helen Fisher asked newly ‘love struck’ couples to have their brains examined and discovered they have high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine. This chemical stimulates ‘desire and reward’ by triggering an intense rush of pleasure. It has the same effect on the brain as taking cocaine! Fisher suggests “couples often show the signs of surging dopamine: increased energy, less need for sleep or food, focused attention and exquisite delight in smallest details of this novel relationship” .

Serotonin

And finally, serotonin. One of love's most important chemicals that may explain why when you’re falling in love, your new lover keeps popping into your thoughts.

Does love change the way you think?
A landmark experiment in Pisa, Italy showed that early love (the attraction phase) really changes the way you think.

Dr Donatella Marazziti, a psychiatrist at the University of Pisa advertised for twenty couples who'd been madly in love for less than six months. She wanted to see if the brain mechanisms that cause you to constantly think about your lover, were related to the brain mechanisms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. By analysing blood samples from the lovers, Dr Marazitti discovered that serotonin levels of new lovers were equivalent to the low serotonin levels of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients.

Love needs to be blind

Newly smitten lovers often idealise their partner, magnifying their virtues and explaining away their flaws says Ellen Berscheid, a leading researcher on the psychology of love.

New couples also exalt the relationship itself. “It's very common to think they have a relationship that's closer and more special than anyone else's”. Psychologists think we need this rose-tinted view. It makes us want to stay together to enter the next stage of love – attachment.

Stage 3: Attachment

Attachment is the bond that keeps couples together long enough for them to have and raise children. Scientists think there might be two major hormones involved in this feeling of attachment; oxytocin and vasopressin.

Oxytocin - The cuddle hormone

Oxytocin is a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm.

It probably deepens the feelings of attachment and makes couples feel much closer to one another after they have had sex. The theory goes that the more sex a couple has, the deeper their bond becomes.

Oxytocin also seems to help cement the strong bond between mum and baby and is released during childbirth. It is also responsible for a mum’s breast automatically releasing milk at the mere sight or sound of her young baby. Diane Witt, assistant professor of psychology from New York has showed that if you block the natural release of oxytocin in sheep and rats, they reject their own young. Conversely, injecting oxytocin into female rats who’ve never had sex, caused them to fawn over another female’s young, nuzzling the pups and protecting them as if they were their own.

Vasopressin
Vasopressin is another important hormone in the long-term commitment stage and is released after sex.

Vasopressin (also called anti-diuretic hormone) works with your kidneys to control thirst. Its potential role in long-term relationships was discovered when scientists looked at the prairie vole.

Prairie voles indulge in far more sex than is strictly necessary for the purposes of reproduction. They also – like humans - form fairly stable pair-bonds.

When male prairie voles were given a drug that suppresses the effect of vasopressin, the bond with their partner deteriorated immediately as they lost their devotion and failed to protect their partner from new suitors.

And finally … how to fall in love Find a complete stranger. Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour. Then, stare deeply into each other’s eyes without talking for four minutes.

York psychologist, Professor Arthur Arun, has been studying why people fall in love.

He asked his subjects to carry out the above 3 steps and found that many of his couples felt deeply attracted after the 34 minute experiment. Two of his subjects later got married.

http://www.youramazingbrain.org/lovesex/sciencelove.htm