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.)
Seneca, «Successful crime…»
Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
(Seneca: Hercules Furens.)
Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach, «Many priceless things…»
Many priceless things can be bought.
(Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach: Aphorisms.)
Cervantes, «When a man is down…»
When a man is down,
‘down with him!’.
(Cervantes: Don Quixote.)
Henri Petit, «The rebel angels…»
The rebel angels fly in ranks.
(Henri Petit: Les Justes Solitudes.)