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For ignorantia legis can have reference only to laws arising out of society , in
which our natural feelings have no concern ; and where a man is ignorant of such
a law , he is in the same situation as if the law did not exist . To read it to him from
...
For ignorantia legis can have reference only to laws arising out of society , in
which our natural feelings have no concern ; and where a man is ignorant of such
a law , he is in the same situation as if the law did not exist . To read it to him from
...
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... me liocrity as a man . Similar observations might be made on many other
celebrated personages . There is no member of society more dangerous than a
man without a character ; that is , a person whose soul has not any one
disposition ...
... me liocrity as a man . Similar observations might be made on many other
celebrated personages . There is no member of society more dangerous than a
man without a character ; that is , a person whose soul has not any one
disposition ...
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It is impossible to prevent entirely the disorders which the passions of mankind
cause in society . These disorders increase in proportion to the number of people
, and the opposition of private interests . If we consult history , we shall find them ...
It is impossible to prevent entirely the disorders which the passions of mankind
cause in society . These disorders increase in proportion to the number of people
, and the opposition of private interests . If we consult history , we shall find them ...
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In the present enlightened state of society , it is impossible for mankind to be
thoroughly vicious ; for wisdom and virtue are very often convertible terms , and
they invariably assist and strengthen each other . A society composed of none
but the ...
In the present enlightened state of society , it is impossible for mankind to be
thoroughly vicious ; for wisdom and virtue are very often convertible terms , and
they invariably assist and strengthen each other . A society composed of none
but the ...
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All the principal corruptions that exist in society , as we have already observed ,
originate in that unwarrantable inequality of condition , whereby one description
of men revel in all the superfluous luxury that the utmost refinement of invention ...
All the principal corruptions that exist in society , as we have already observed ,
originate in that unwarrantable inequality of condition , whereby one description
of men revel in all the superfluous luxury that the utmost refinement of invention ...
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Seite 33 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Seite 244 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Seite 105 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Seite 182 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Seite 287 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Seite 196 - He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.
Seite 242 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Seite 232 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.
Seite 143 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Seite 226 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.