Arthur Hugh Clough

“For it is beautiful only to do the thing we are meant for”

“And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him.”

“The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.”

“Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market.”

“Well, I know, after all, it is only juxtaposition, Juxtaposition, in short; and what is juxtaposition?”

“A world where nothing is had for nothing.”

“Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?”

“Thou shalt have one God only; whoWould be at the expense of two?No graven images may beWorshipped, except the currency:Swear not at all; for, for thy curseThine enemy is none the worse:At church on Sunday to attendWill serve to keep the world thy friend:Honour thy parents; that is allFrom whom advancement may befall:Thou shalt not kill; but need'st not striveOfficiously to keep alive:Do not adultery commit;Advantage rarely comes of it:Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat,When it's so lucrative to cheat:Bear not false witness; let the lieHave time on its own wings to fly:Thou shalt not covet, but traditionApproves all forms of competition.”

“If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.”