“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite”
“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite”
“No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man”
“The most important political office is that of the private citizen”
“Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders”
“The right to be alone, the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man”
“It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done”
“The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized.”