in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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And his hands would plait the priest's entrails,
For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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The good of the people must be the great purpose of government. By the laws of nature and of reason, the governors are invested with power to that end. And the greatest good of the people is liberty. It is to the state what health is to the individual.
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What is this world of ours? A complex entity subject to sudden changes which all indicate a tendency to destruction; a swift succession of beings which follow one another, assert themselves and disappear; a fleeting symmetry; a momentary order.
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Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.
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