The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits.

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought...

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought...

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...

Boredom: the desire for desires

Boredom: the desire for desires

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

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...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

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...

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

I have discovered nothing new, I have only perceived what I already knew.

I have discovered nothing new, I have only perceived what I already knew.

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of...

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of...

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is...

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is...

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...

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...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So...

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So...