Political literature · Philosophical literatureThe State is not "abolished", it withers away.Friedrich EngelsAnti-Duhring · 1878★ 7.0
Philosophical literatureOur destiny rules over us, even when we are not yet aware of it; it is the future that makes laws for our to-day.Friedrich NietzscheHuman, All Too Human · 1878★ 5.5
But, as the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from the womb and the long gestation of progressive history, so the American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off a given time by the brain and purpose of man.William E. GladstoneKin Beyond Sea · 1878★ 5.0
Philosophical literatureNow every tradition grows continually more venerable, the farther off lies its origin, the more this is lost sight of; the veneration paid it accumulates from generation to generation, the tradition at last becomes holy and excites awe.Friedrich NietzscheHuman, All Too Human · 1878★ 4.6
Philosophical literatureConvictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Friedrich NietzscheHuman, All Too Human · 1878★ 4.0
PoemNot in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1878★ 3.7
NovelIt was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature-neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly; neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but, like man, slighted and enduring; and withal singularly colossal and mysterious in its swarthy monotony. As with some persons who have long lived apart, solitude seemed to look out of its countenance. It had a lonely face, suggesting tragical possiblities.Thomas HardyThe Return of the Native · 1878★ 3.5
LetterI have often thought that the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it came upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: "This is the real me!"William James1878★ 3.5
LetterUnexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expected more.Mark Twain1878★ 2.1
Political literature · Philosophical literatureAll religion, however, is nothing but the fantastic reflection in men's minds of those external forces which control their daily life.Friedrich EngelsAnti-Duhring · 1878★ 1.1
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