Evans (1904 – 1978)
U S lexicographer and educator.
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Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues ... A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement. For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
A man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings.
Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.
There is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control, the more successful our adjustment is likely to be.
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.
We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
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