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"And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin"
Aeschylus, Playwright
"Virtue alone has majesty in death"
Edward Young, Poet
"What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors"
Aeschylus, Playwright
"Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men"
Dante Alighieri, Poet
"If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you, it is to be sought"
Dante Alighieri, Poet
"I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
"Duty is not collective; it is personal"
Calvin Coolidge, President
"The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise"
Dante Alighieri, Poet
"Conscience is a man's compass"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
"Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions"
William Arthur Ward, Writer
"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good"
Calvin Coolidge, President
"Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it"
Simone Weil, Philosopher
"To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny"
Simone Weil, Philosopher
"To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile"
Simone Weil, Philosopher
"I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic, which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances"
Simone Weil, Philosopher
"Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty"
Simone Weil, Philosopher
"I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust"
Charles Baudelaire, Poet
"To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just"
Heraclitus, Philosopher
"Bigotry is the sacred disease"
Heraclitus, Philosopher
"That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Playwright
"I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good"
Adam Smith, Economist
"Laws are subordinate to custom"
Plautus, Playwright
"'He means well' is useless unless he does well"
Plautus, Playwright
"Bad conduct soils the finest ornament, more than filth"
Plautus, Playwright
"Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?"
Milton Friedman, Economist
"For the sin they do by two and two, they must pay for one by one"
Rudyard Kipling, Writer
"One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship"
Milton Friedman, Economist
"Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?"
Milton Friedman, Economist
"The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself"
Thomas Szasz, Psychologist
"It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish"
Thomas Szasz, Psychologist
"Successful crimes alone are justified"
John Dryden, Poet
"Self-defence is Nature's eldest law"
John Dryden, Poet
"Honor is but an empty bubble"
John Dryden, Poet
"Repentance is but want of power to sin"
John Dryden, Poet
"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned"
Herbert Hoover, President
"Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws"
William Blackstone, Judge
"Man must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator. This will of his Maker is called the Law of Nature. This Law of Nature is superior to any other. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this"
William Blackstone, Judge
"There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right"
Terence, Playwright
"I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me"
Terence, Playwright
"Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong"
Terence, Playwright
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