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He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut.
Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut.
For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy
can be nothing less than the abolition read more
For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy
can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong.
Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, read more
Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.
...one of the tests of a theory is that, once grasped, it appears self-evident.
...one of the tests of a theory is that, once grasped, it appears self-evident.
The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.
The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper read more
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. It behooves the well-intentioned, therefore, vigorously to watch the tendency of even their most highly prized institutions, since that which was established in the interests of the right, may so easily become the agent of the wrong.
