“If nature has been frugal in her gifts and endowments, there is the more need of art to supply her defects. If she has been generous and liberal, know that she still expects industry and application on our part, and revenges herself in proportion to our negligent ingratitude. The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds; and instead of vines and olives for the pleasure and use of man, produces, to its slothful owner, the most abundant crop of poisons.” IfsKnowsMenNeedsHas BeensArtStillsUsePleasureProduceIndustryGeniusRevengeGenerousPoisonSoilProportionOwnersWeedApplicationDefectsCropsVinesFertileOlivesIngratitudeEndowmentFrugalFertile Soil Book:Philosophical Essays: On Morals, Literature, and Politics Source: Philosophical Essays: On Morals, Literature, and Politics
“While the broad principles of democracy are universal, the fact remains that their application varies considerably ... We are at the beginning of the road, at the very beginning. We still have a long way to go.” WayLongStillsFactsPrinciplesDemocracyUniversalRemainsBroadsApplicationLong WayVaryLong Way To Go Author:Boutros Boutros-Ghali