Arthur Hugh Clough quotes

" 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 needst not striveOfficiously to keep alive:Do not adultery commit;Advantage rarely comes of it:Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat,When its 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. The sum of all is, thou shalt love,If any body, God above:At any rate shall never labourMore than thyself to love thy neighbour. " # Uncategorised # Love # Friends and Friendship

" If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars. " # Fear # Lies and Lying # Hope

" The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service. " # Politicians and Politics # Words # Liberty

" And almost everyone when age, disease, or sorrows strike him, inclines to think there is a God, or something very like him. " # Sorrow # Age and Aging # Disease

" Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition. " # Competition # Tradition # Virtue

" ’Twas on a sunny summer day I trod a mighty city’s street, And when I started on my way My heart was full of fancies sweet; But soon, as nothing could be seen, But countenances sharp and keen, Nought heard or seen around but told Of something bought or something sold, And none that seemed to think or care That any save himself was there. " # Change # Love # Slavery