philosophy Quotes

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

Defense is superior to opulence.

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.