Quote by George Bancroft
The public is wiser than the wisest critic. - George Bancroft

The public is wiser than the wisest critic. – George Bancroft

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Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul. – George Bancroft

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Beauty
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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. – George Bancroft

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Intelligence
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Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity. – George Bancroft

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Presidents Day
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The Public is a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility. – John Keats

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The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called significant literature will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles. – Raymond Chandler

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Public

A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded. – Abraham Lincoln

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I never know when I press these whether I am going to blow up Massachusetts or start the project. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want. – DMX

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It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion… – Abraham Lincoln

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Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys. – Yiddish Proverb

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Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity. – Henry Rollins

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