“A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.”
Quote by Boethius
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“No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.”
“Innocence is ashamed of nothing.”
Source: Jean-Jacgues Rousseau Emile or On Education
Source: Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: with On a Supposed Right to Lie because of Philanthropic Concerns
“We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
Source: The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: Enjoyment of Poetry with Anthology
“Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority.”
Source: Annual messages, veto messages, protest, &c. of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States