The Useless Digest A Free Weekly dose of Facts, Quotes, History and more - direct to your inbox. Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation or creed.
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it. In America everybody is of the opinion that he has not social superiors, since all men are created equal, but he doesn't not admit that he has no social inferiors.