Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the non fulfillment of which those who do not fulfill them are subjected to personal injuries, the loss of liberty, and even capital punishment.

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound...

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound...

In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men...

In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men...

Whatever happens to be in style.

Whatever happens to be in style.

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not...

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange...

And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange...

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they...

The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they...

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to...

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to...

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from...

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing...

The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing...

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...