“If all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stack in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a division.” IfsThinkingWholeOrderFallShareMankindSpeciesCastsUnhappyDivisionMisfortunesPossessed Author:Socrates
“Harvey was not content merely to gather knowledge; he digested and arranged it under the guidance of the faculties which compare and reason. ... Harvey appears to have possessed, in a remarkable degree, the power of persuading and conciliating those with whom he came in contact. In the whole course of his long life we hear nothing either of personal enemies or personal enmities ... one of the great men whom God, in virtue of his eternal laws, bids to appear on earth from time to time to enlighten, and to ennoble mankind.” MenLongReasonWholeEarthLawCoursesEnemyVirtueMankindDegreesEternalContactCompareGuidanceGreat MenRemarkableFacultyPossessedLong LifeEnlighteningEnmityHarveyPersuading Author:William Harvey
“Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Happy were we all born philosophers; all born with a talent of thus dissipating our own cares by spreading them upon all mankind.” ShouldPhilosophyCareBornMankindTalentIncreaseAddMiseryPhilosopherPossessedEconomist Book:Enquiry into the present state of polite learning. The citizen of the world Source: Enquiry into the present state of polite learning. The citizen of the world
“He possessed the power. He held it in his hand. A power stronger than the power of money or the power of terror or the power of death: the invincible power to command the love of mankind. There was only one thing that power could not do: it could not make him able to smell himself.” HandsAbleOne ThingMankindStrongerTerrorSmellCommandPossessedInvincible Book:Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer