Solemnity is the shield of idiots Votes: 0
There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided. Votes: 0
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous. Votes: 0
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it. Votes: 0
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it. Votes: 0
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice. Votes: 0
Honor is unknown in despotic states. Votes: 0
I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death. Votes: 0
Virtue has needs of limits. Votes: 0
Mediocrity is a hand-rail. Votes: 0
A rational army would run away. Votes: 0
Virtue is necessary to a republic. Votes: 0
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. Votes: 0
Very good laws may be ill timed. Votes: 0
Peace is a natural effect of trade. Votes: 0
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel. Votes: 0
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow. Votes: 0
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk. Votes: 0
Power should be a check on power. Votes: 0
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation. Votes: 0
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there. Votes: 0
I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished. Votes: 0