Maxioms by Joseph Wood Krutch
What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.
When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one read more
When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of God we call him a sportsman.
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom read more
Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned