“... is there anything more unjust than to build gold and brass and iron on poor, well-meaning clay, -- and then blame the clay when the whole image falls into dust?” WellsWholeFallPoorGoldBlameDustIronUnjustClayBrass Book:Around Old Chester Source: Around Old Chester
“Philosophers conceive of the passions which harass us as vices into which men fall by their own fault, and, therefore, generally deride, bewail, or blame them, or execrate them, if they wish to seem unusually pious.” IfsMenSeemsFallPassionWishBlameFaultsPhilosopherVicesPious Author:Baruch Spinoza