For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.

Quote by Dante Alighieri

Topics: Evil Quotes, Intelligence Quotes, Mankind Quotes

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind...

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind...

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral...

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral...

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of...

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of...

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.

Follow your own star!

Follow your own star!

Small projects need much more help than great.

Small projects need much more help than great.

Nature is the art of God.

Nature is the art of God.

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

Custom adapts itself to expediency

Custom adapts itself to expediency

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is...

The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is...