I believe what I write to be the truth...every man who is not indifferent to the truth has a weakness for spreading it about.

I believe what I write to be the truth...every man who is not indifferent to the truth has a weakness for spreading it about.

Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.

Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their job security.

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.

We think the purpose of a child is to grow up because it does grow up. But its purpose is to play, to enjoy itself, to be a child. If we merely look to the end of the process, the purpose of life is death

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.