James F. Cooper
James F. Cooper
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 September 1789
CountryUnited States of America
James F. Cooper quotes about
american-novelist exhibit form masses men public substitute usual vice
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
motivation inspiration ignorance
Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.
hope fancy humans
Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
evil
There are evils worse than death,
appreciated exception particular
Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.
mind lasts ability
The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.
law names interesting
An interesting fiction... however paradoxical the assertion may appear... addresses our love of truth- not the mere love of facts expressed by true names and dates, but the love of that higher truth, the truth of nature and principals, which is a primitive law of the human mind.
sunshine past roots
The listeners got some such insights into their past lives, as one gets into the darker parts of the woods, when a stray gleam of sunshine finds its way down to the roots of the trees.
political individuality liberty
Individuality is the aim of political liberty
christian suffering ease
Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat a better meal than a neighbor, or otherwise to enjoy ease and plenty, while our fellow creatures are suffering and in want.
motivational friendship spring
Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.
time imagination events
On the human imagination events produce the effects of time.
fire journalism excellent
The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
fate decay all-things
It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.