Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.

Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.

I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a read more

I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.

Life is simply the reification of the process of living.

Life is simply the reification of the process of living.

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to read more

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human read more

The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The mob and the intellectuals derived from it the vision of a Golden Age which would arrive without fail once the noble human race could act according to its whims.