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John Jay Chapman

Data di nascita: 2. Marzo 1862
Data di morte: 4. Novembre 1933

John Jay Chapman , poeta e drammaturgo statunitense.

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Frasi John Jay Chapman

„Gli adulatori somigliano agli amici come i lupi ai cani.“

— John Jay Chapman
da Byron's conspiracy

Sui cani

„Every generation is a secret society and has incommunicable enthusiasms, tastes and interests which are a mystery both to its predecessors and to posterity.“

— John Jay Chapman
Memories and Milestones, [HTTP://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/books?id=gFEPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22every+generation+is+a+secret+society+and+has+incommunicable+enthusiasms+tastes+and+interests+which+are+a+mystery+both+to+its+predecessors+and+to+posterity%22&pg=PA184#v=onepage Ch. 12: "President Eliot"] (1915)

„The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.“

— John Jay Chapman
Chapter 1

„A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful.“

— John Jay Chapman
Chapter 1

„Good government is the outcome of private virtue.“

— John Jay Chapman
Chapter 2

„People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this,—that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.“

— John Jay Chapman
Chapter 7

„When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.“

— John Jay Chapman
[http://books.google.com/books?id=O0hAAAAAYAAJ&q=%22When+a+man+talks+with+absolute+sincerity+and+freedom+he+goes+on+a+voyage+of+discovery+The+whole+company+has+shares+in+the+enterprise%22&pg=PA64#v=onepage Society], Causes and Consequences (1898)

„Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same—hardihood. Give them raw truth.“

— John Jay Chapman
Chapter 1

„It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.“

— John Jay Chapman
Chapter 1

„Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.“

— John Jay Chapman
Chapter 7

Anniversari di oggi

Andrea Riccardi112

storico, accademico e pacifista italiano 1950

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Frasi di John Jay Chapman

John Jay Chapman

Autori simili

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Paul Claudel19

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Alfred De Vigny8

Guido Ceronetti184

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Frasi John Jay Chapman

„Gli adulatori somigliano agli amici come i lupi ai cani.“

„Every generation is a secret society and has incommunicable enthusiasms, tastes and interests which are a mystery both to its predecessors and to posterity.“

„The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.“

„A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful.“

„Good government is the outcome of private virtue.“

„People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this,—that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.“

„When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.“

„Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same—hardihood. Give them raw truth.“

„It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.“

„Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.“

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Andrea Riccardi112

Angelo Massimino6

Earl Wilson6

Marco Polo7

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Xavier Forneret37

Paul Claudel19

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