“Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The hypocrite would not be at so much pains to put on the appearance of virtue, if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind.” IfsKnowsHumansMeanDoePainJusticeVirtueMankindHuman NatureHonorGainsAppearanceEsteemAcknowledgeHypocrisyHypocriteOrnaments Book:The spectator Source: The spectator
“There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.” ThinkingGivingHumansMeanEvilHuman NatureGreatnessWillingReadyGoodnessEarsWelcomeJealousyReportsCalumnyCalumny Is Book:Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays Source: Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays
“Thus society is born, as something required by nature, and (because this nature is human nature) as something accomplished through a work of reason and will, and freely consented to. Man is a political animal, which means that the human person craves political life, communal life, not only with regard to the family community, but with regard to the civil community.” MenHumansMeanPersonsReasonPoliticalBornCommunityAnimalHuman NatureRegardAccomplishedCravePolitical LifePolitical Animals Author:Jacques Maritain