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The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.
Merely quantitative differences, beyond a certain point, pass into qualitative changes.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
Advances in science help to delegitimize the rule of kings and the power of the Church.
The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.
People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.
A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
In order to draw a limit to thinking, we should have to think both sides of this limit.
A tautology's truth is certain, a proposition's possible, a contradiction's impossible.
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.
The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.
Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.
We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.
The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity.
Ads represent the main channel of intellectual and artistic effort in the modern world.
When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man.
The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
Temporality temporalizes as a future which makes present in the process of having been.
To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God.
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.
The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time.
Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure.
Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and-sans End!
If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.
Love resolves all contradictions. Without love, man cannot make sense of his existence.
I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.
We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
It is only common prejudice that induces us to believe that atheism is a fearful state.
Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.
The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.
Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.
For our discussion is on no trifling matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.
Not every love, but only that which has a noble purpose, is noble and worthy of praise.
The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
Having departed from your house, turn not back; for the furies will be your attendants.