“Any society which is not improving is deteriorating, and the more so the closer and more familiar it is. Even a really superior man almost always begins to deteriorate when he is habitually king of his company.” MenCompanyProgressKingsFamiliarSuperiorsImprovingSuperior ManDeteriorating Book:On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays Source: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays
“The saddest human experience is to view alone the scenes one has viewed through other eyes - to walk solitary where one has walked in company - to have its particular barbed shaft aimed at one from every stick and stone that mark familiar ways.” WayHumansEyeWalksViewsCompanyParticularSceneStonesMarkSticksAbsenceNostalgiaFamiliarSolitaryHuman ExperienceSaddestSticks And Stones Book:Max Source: Max
“Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company; it should only be treated among a very few people of learning, for mutual instruction. It is too awful and respectable a subject to become a familiar one.” PeopleShouldMeanReligionCompanySubjectsConversationTreatedFamiliarAwfulMutualInstructionRespectableTaboo Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters