“Nothing is more subtly destructive than a closed circle of artists feeding on one another. Envy grows from insignificant differences between people, not from overwhelming inequalities... it was envy that forced them to emulate each other, not esteem.” PeopleArtistGrowsDifferencesEnvyCirclesEsteemInequalityDestructiveOverwhelmingFeedingInsignificantEmulate Author:Alexander Theroux
“Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to.” IfsPersonsDifferencesJusticeHalfImpossibleAuthorityFortuneInequalityReconcile Author:Napoleon Bonaparte