All cruelty springs from weakness.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby read more

When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating.

One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. read more

One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in upholding the word against the evidence of the eyes.Children, savages, and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them.

Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them.

But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

The wise learn many things from their foes.

The wise learn many things from their foes.

A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.

A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.

It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.

It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.