Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity,...

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity,...

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by...

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of...

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of...

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and...

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and...

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself....

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself....

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an...

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition...

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition...

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary...

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary...

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes....

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes....

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards...

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

Live with an ongoing, unending awareness of God's presence!

Live with an ongoing, unending awareness of God's presence!

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest