The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.
Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by … - John Mason Brown
Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by …
- John Mason Brown
So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies. - John Mason Brown
So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.
Even when the facts are available, most people seem to prefer the legend, and refuse to believe the truth when it in any way dislodges the myth. - John Mason Brown
Even when the facts are available, most people seem to prefer the legend, and refuse to believe the truth when it in any way dislodges the myth.
Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics. - John Mason Brown
Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.
A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember. - John Mason Brown
A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes. - John Mason Brown
Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.
Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others. - John Mason Brown
Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace. - John Mason Brown
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
It is in the hard, hard rockpile labor of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing again comes in. - John Mason Brown
It is in the hard, hard rockpile labor of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing again comes in.
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