Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith), 1856–1923, American author and educator, b. Philadelphia. In San Francisco she organized the first free kindergartens on the Pacific coast (1878) and with her sister established a training school for kindergarten teachers. As part of her teaching career she wrote her first book, The Story of Patsy (1883). The most popular … Continued
E. M. Forster
Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. Discuss E. M. Forster
Gustave Flaubert
Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. Discuss Gustave Flaubert
Thomas Hardy
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. Discuss Thomas Hardy
Karl Marx & Frederick Engels
A new machine invented in England deprives millions of Chinese workers of their livelihood within a year’s time. In this way, big industry has brought all the people of the earth into contact with each other, has merged all local markets into one world market, has spread civilization and progress everywhere. Discuss Karl Marx & … Continued
Victor Hugo
When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. Victor Hugo
Arthur Conan Doyle
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Discuss Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. Arthur Conan Doyle
Niccolo Machiavelli
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. Discuss Niccolo Machiavelli
Aristotle
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire. Discuss Aristotle