Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

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

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

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

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...

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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...

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...

Playing a fun drinking game called: Girl alone with her cat.

Playing a fun drinking game called: Girl alone with her cat.

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers...

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers...