Institutions Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd fellow society.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American writer
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first and deadly afterwards.
Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) English economist, critic
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.
George Santayana (1863-1952) American philosopher, poet
All establishments die of dignity. They are too proud to think themselves ill, and to take a little physic.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English writer, clergyman
Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.
W. R. Inge (1860-1954) Dean of St. Paul’s, London
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773) English statesman, man of letters
If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer
There are two insults which no human will endure: the assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) American novelist
No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.
Paul Gallico (1897-1976) American novelist