Powerful imaginations are conservative.
(Hugo von Hofmannsthal: The Book of Friends.)
Συντάκτης: Θεοδόσης
Bertrand Russell, «Extreme hopes…»
Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery.
(Bertrand Russell: Unpopular Essays.)
Daniel George, «O Freedom…»
O Freedom,
what liberties are taken in thy name!
(Daniel George: The Perpetual Pessimist.)
Montesquieu, «Liberty…»
Liberty is the right to do
whatever the law permits.
(Montesquieu: De I’esprit des his.)
Lamartine, «Political passions…»
Private passions grow tired
and wear themselves out;
political passions, never.
(Lamartine.)
Thorstein Veblen, «Invention…»
Invention is the mother of necessity.
(Thorstein Veblen.)
Bernard Shaw, «Imprisonment…»
Imprisonment is as irrevocable as death.
(Bernard Shaw: Maxims for Revolutionists.)
Montesquieu, «Justice to others…»
Justice to others is charity for ourselves.
(Montesquieu: Persian Letters.)
Heraclitus, «The people should fight for their law…»
The people should fight for their law
as for their city wall.
(Heraclitus.)
Emerson, «People say law…»
People say law but they mean wealth.
(Emerson: Journals.)