Maxioms by Lord Acton
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around read more
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different read more
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every read more
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.
