Victor Hugo·1862He was that child's stay, and she was his prop. Thanks to him, she could walk through life; thanks to her, he could continue in virtue.
Nikola Tesla·1900Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
Adam Smith·1759How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.
All things keep on in everlasting motion, out of the infinite come the particles speeding above, below, in endless dance.
It is pleasant, with the sea raging under the winds, to gaze upon the great struggles of another from the land.
Therefore, this terror of the mind and the darkness must be dispelled not by the rays of the sun or the bright light of day, but by the appearance and reasoning of nature.
