Private passions grow tired
and wear themselves out;
political passions, never.
(Lamartine.)
Κατηγορία: Sociology
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.)
Edmund Burke, «Kings are naturally…»
Kings are naturally lovers of low company.
(Edmund Burke: Speech on the Economical Reform.)
Carlyle, «There is a science…»
There is a science of Dynamics
in man’s fortunes and nature,
as well as of Mechanics.
(Carlyle: Signs of the Times.)