Was joy created always to live under that threat? Always defenseless to those who would rather be miserable than have their self will be crossed? Can you really have thought that love and joy would always be at the mercy of frowns and sighs? The dema...
Felix: What do you think? Max: I think... [Max sees one of Felix's bodyguard draw his gun out] Max: I think you should you should tell that guy behind me to put his gun down. Felix: What? Max: I said I think you should tell that guy behind me to put ...
The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should not be cowed by exaggerated sensitivity to people's religious beliefs and fail to speak vigorously and pointedly when the devout put forth arguments manifestly contrary to all the acquired knowledge of ...
Arminius, appealing to Lactantius, held that: 'To recommend faith to others, we must make it the subject of persuasion, and not of compulsion'. He insisted that the true religion from Christ does not deteriorate into dissention. In the exercise of Ch...
As I look back on my life, I think of how few rules should be followed. As for men, they must learn bravery and live for Pleasure and for Beauty. More important than those two things should stand only one thing for him... Honor. A man's honor should ...
He who takes a light to find a snake should start at his own feet.
People should not talk while they are eating or pepper may go down the wrong way.
You should make a new bucket whilst you still have the old one.
He who can predict winning numbers should not set off fire crackers.
A young man should not marry yet, an old man not at all.
If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.
He that would have a beautiful wife should choose her on a Sunday.
Who cares about every little feather should not make the bed.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Anyone who is satisfied to stand still should not complain when others pass him.
I try to construct a theory of how a moral person should live in these circumstances, and how such a person should love.
I can't accept that a work of fiction should be either immoral or moral. It should merely show the world as it is and have no moral bias.
Creativity should be integral to everything that we do. Creativity should also be intrinsic to our personality, if excellence is what we seek.
We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.
A brick should decide who gets to rule the people, and I should decide what rules determine whom the brick favors.
A person should try to understand dreams. A person should take warning from them.
