We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective

Quote by FranÃ§ois R Chateaubriand

Topics: Truth Quotes

The original writer is not he who does not imitate others, but he who can...

The original writer is not he who does not imitate others, but he who can...

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends...

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends...

Justice is the bread of the nation, it is always hungry for it.

Justice is the bread of the nation, it is always hungry for it.

In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille.

In this court the parties changed positions as nimbly as if dancing a quadrille.

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries...

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an...

Respondent's expectation that his garden was protected from observation is unreasonable and is not an...

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

What I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a...

What I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a...

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is...

Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is...

I never promised you a rose garden. I never promised you perfect justice.

I never promised you a rose garden. I never promised you perfect justice.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the...

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the...

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is,...

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is,...