“A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.” MenPhilosophyHappensBlameIllPhilosopherVulgarCalamityNovices Author:Epictetus
“When a watch goes ill, it is not enough to move the hands; you must set the regulator. When a man does ill, it is not enough to alter his handiwork, you must regulate his heart.” MenHeartDoeEnoughPhilosophyHandsMovingWatchesIllRegulatorsHandiwork Author:Augustus William Hare
“A philosopher ... is not fairly judged by his eccentricities, nor by the frailties to which he is liable; still less should his philosophy as a whole fall into ill-repute because of those among its devotees who have stumbled into wells, or who aimlessly pass their lives in whetting their faculties and then neglecting to use them.” ShouldWellsStillsPhilosophyWholeUseFallIllPhilosopherFacultyNeglectJudgedLiableFrailtyEccentricityDevotee Author:John Grier Hibben
“Laws provide, as much as ispossible that the goods and health of subjects be not injured by the fraud and violence of others. They do not guard them from thenegligence or ill-husbandry of the possessors themselves.” PhilosophyLawPoliticalViolenceSubjectsIllClassicGoodsFraudInjuredPolitical Philosophy Book:A Letter Concerning Toleration: Latin and English Texts Revised and Edited with Variants and an Introduction Source: A Letter Concerning Toleration: Latin and English Texts Revised and Edited with Variants and an Introduction