You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in "the people." One class is no better than another. It must be a case of ...Wisdom, or Truth. Let the working classes be working classes. That is the truth. There must be an aristocracy of people who have wisdom, and there must be a Ruler: a Kaiser: no Presidents and democracies.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In France it is rude to let a conversation drop; in England it is rash to keep it up. No one there will blame you for silence. Whe...n you have not opened your mouth for three years, they will think: "This Frenchman is a nice quiet fellow." Be modest. An Englishman will say, "I have a little house in the country"; when he invites you to stay with him you will discover that the little house is a place with three hundred bedrooms. If you are a world tennis-champion, say, "Yes, I don't play too badly." If you have crossed the Atlantic alone in a small boat, say, "I do a little sailing."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A master or mistress should refrain from speaking to their servants at dinner, let what will go wrong. Care should be taken that t...hey wear thin-soled shoes, that their steps may be noiseless.... A good servant ... avoids coughing, breathing hard, or treading on a lady's dress; never lets any article drop, and deposits plates, glasses, knives, forks and spoons noiselessly. It is now considered good form for a servant not to wear gloves in waiting at table, but to use a damask napkin, with one corner wrapped around the thumb, that he may not touch the plates and dishes with the naked hand.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Being so caught up, So mastered by the brute blood of the air,... Did she put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What matter though numb nightmare ride on top And blood and mire the sensitive body stain?... What matter? Heave no sigh, let no tear drop, A greater, a more gracious time has gone....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I will not let thee go. I hold thee by too many bands:... Thou sayest farewell, and lo! I have thee by the hands, And will not let thee go.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O Master, let me walk with thee In lowly paths of service free;... Tell me thy secret; help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »