To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
The conservative "thinks of political policies as intended to preserve order, justice, and freedom. The ideologue, on the contrary, thinks of politics as a revolutionary instrument for transforming society and even transforming human nature. In his march toward Utopia, the ideologue is merciless.
The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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