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english-philosopher nature state
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. Thomas Hobbes
english-philosopher freedom lives man reserved wants work
Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do. Robin G. Collingwood
english-philosopher question
The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer? Jeremy Bentham
english-philosopher measure results
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.
english-philosopher foundation happiness number
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
english-philosopher good number people
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
english-philosopher remedies
They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. Francis Bacon
english-philosopher men wisdom
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
english-philosopher experience great opportunity playboy wonderful
Playboy was a wonderful experience and a great opportunity for me. Rita Mero
money giving grace
Riches may enable us to confer favors, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give. Charles Caleb Colton
money evil gains
To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.
money greatest-wealth want
Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.
money battle half
economy is half the battle of life; it is notso hard to earn money as to spend it well. Charles Spurgeon
money people saving
So many people of wealth understand much more about making and saving money than about using and enjoying it. They fail to live because they are always preparing to live. Alan Watts
money thinking people
The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.
money children clothes
And money is not something to go mad about ... Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children. Alan Paton
money law issues
As long as we issue fiat currency, I see no alternative to a legal tender law. Alan Greenspan
money gold wealth
Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.
reckoning wrong
We had a very fundamental reckoning about what we've done wrong -- and, more importantly, about what we have done right and will do right in the future,
reckoned
He is someone to be reckoned with now for 2009.
reckoned speed top
When I was with Steve, we reckoned we could get up to top speed in about a month. Matthew Pinsent
reckoned
It established her as someone to be reckoned with.
reckon time
I reckon I would be able compare anything to anything else if you gave me enough time. Joel Edgerton
reckoning our-lives
There is a time of reckoning in all our lives. Lorna Luft
wise words-of-wisdom godmother
This reminds me, Godmother, to ask you a serious question. You are as wise as wise can be (having been brought up by the fairies), and you can tell me this: Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it? Charles Dickens
wise men may
A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver.
wise money thinking
It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.
wise light fire
If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The light of intellect has put out the fire of persecution, as other fires are observed to smoulder before the light of the same.
wise art moments
The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
wise heart wine
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
wise foolish gravity
Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.
wise men thinking
He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
wise men littles
We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient.
words-of-wisdom speech earnest
A word in earnest is as good as a speech.
words-of-wisdom crowds noise
Anything that makes a noise is satisfactory to a crowd.
words-of-wisdom surprise me-alone
Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.
words-of-wisdom littles captains
Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock.
words-you-say
The words you say never live up to the words in your head. Chris Cornell
words
It was enough just to sit there without words. Louise Erdrich
words-of-wisdom causes obvious
The simplest and most obvious cause which can there be assigned for any phenomena, is probably the true one. David Hume
words-of-kindness peace-justice refuse
I will not refuse to do the something I can do. Edward Everett Hale
words-of-wisdom desire use
Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire? Carlos Castaneda