Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a...

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your...

Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your...

Time is the justice that examines all offenders.

Time is the justice that examines all offenders.