Believe me, mankind has been doing nothing else ever since it began to pay some attention to ideas.
It has been said that a benevolent despotism is the best possible form of government.

I do not believe that saying, because I believe another one to the effect that hell is paved with benevolence, which most people, the proverb being too deep for them, misinterpret as unfulfilled intentions.

As if a benevolent despot might not by any error of judgment destroy his kingdom, and then say, like Romeo when he got his friend killed, 'I thought all for the best!' Excuse my rambling.

I meant to say, in short, that though you are benevolent and judicious you are none the less a despot." Miss Wilson, at a loss for a reply, regretted that she had not, before letting him gain so far on her, dismissed him summarily instead of tolerating a discussion which she did not know how to end with dignity.
He relieved her by adding unexpectedly: "Your system was the cause of my absurd marriage.

My wife acquired a degree of culture and reasonableness from her training here which made her seem a superior being among the chatterers who form the female seasoning in ordinary society.