Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms.
The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter.
England is the Mother of Parliaments
I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you could give me in the way of decoration which the highest art could supply.
There is no nation on the continent of Europe that is less able to do harm to England, and there isno nation on the continent of Europe to whom we are less able to do harm, than Russia. We are so separate that it seems impossible that the two nations, by the use of reason or common sense at all, could possibly be brought into conflict with each other.
This old aristocracy and Church-ridden, and tradition-ridden country will never grow wiser. Whilst we are fighting for supremacy in Europe the [United] States are working , and not fighting for it, but winning it all over the world.
The Aristocratic Institutions of England [had] acted much like the Slavery Institutions of America. . . [in] demoralis[ing] large classes outside their own special boundaries. . . [in producing] a long habit of submission. . . [and in] enfeebl[ing] by corrupting those who should assail them.
I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a child and what your hopes and dreams were.
Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety.
Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.
Pornography works to a degree, high quality works, bad is obvious. Nobody goes for bad. The terrible middle ground is the mediocre. That was kind of the essence, in a way, of broadcast television when there were only three channels.