Routine is supposed to be the great deadener of souls; how much worse is the half-completed task, the broken round, the unfulfilled routine?
Depression manifests itself in a lack of will. - Richard Brookhiser
Depression manifests itself in a lack of will.
- Richard Brookhiser
Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him. - Richard Brookhiser
Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him.
The young women who attract so much attention never change: They are all stupid. They have at best only the crudest notions of their own power, and n… - Richard Brookhiser
The young women who attract so much attention never change: They are all stupid. They have at best only the crudest notions of their own power, and n…
The Dutch practice euthanasia so briskly that they will kill themselves even before the Islamists get around to it. - Richard Brookhiser
The Dutch practice euthanasia so briskly that they will kill themselves even before the Islamists get around to it.
Madison loathed Hamilton and loved Jefferson above all. - Richard Brookhiser
Madison loathed Hamilton and loved Jefferson above all.
One of the benefits of a bad education is the constant pleasure of discovery. - Richard Brookhiser
One of the benefits of a bad education is the constant pleasure of discovery.
Aaron Burr was like a new refrigerator. He was bright, cold and empty. - Richard Brookhiser
Aaron Burr was like a new refrigerator. He was bright, cold and empty.
Libertarians are believers in small government who really mean it -- no excuses, no exceptions. [For Libertarians], the excesses of government are th… - Richard Brookhiser
Libertarians are believers in small government who really mean it -- no excuses, no exceptions. [For Libertarians], the excesses of government are th…
[Washington had won] a war for independence and then gone home. [He embodied] the legend of the Roman who returned to his plow after saving his count… - Richard Brookhiser
[Washington had won] a war for independence and then gone home. [He embodied] the legend of the Roman who returned to his plow after saving his count…
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