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Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All read more
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings read more
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting read more
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true.
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.
Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.
Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody
Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody