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We often despise what is most useful to us.
We often despise what is most useful to us.
A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities.
A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called
the savior of society by the next.
The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called
the savior of society by the next.
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.
Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can read more
Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.
One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.
One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.
The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.
The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
