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Benjamin Rush Quotes

«Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.»
«Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb»
«Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error»
«Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us»
Author: Benjamin Rush (Physician) | About: Liberty
«Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it»
Author: Benjamin Rush (Physician) | Keywords: scandal
«The turgid style of Johnson, the purple glare of Gibbon, and even the studied and thickset metaphors of Junius are all equally unnatural, and should not be admitted into our company.»
«A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.»
«By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects...It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.»
«The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty»
«Our authors and scholars are generally men of business, and make their literary pursuits subservient to their interests.»