A man is such a strange animal: fear and desire are expressed by the same organ. For the former, he loses control of the organ and it lets out urine; for the latter, he loses control of the organ and it fills with blood.


“No one can be a great thinker who does not recognise, that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty

“Europe was a heap of swords piled as delicately as jackstraws; one could not be pulled out without moving the others. Under”
― The Guns of August
― The Guns of August

“Truth, in the great practical concerns of life, is so much a question of the reconciling and combining of opposites, that very few have minds sufficiently capacious and impartial to make the adjustment with an approach to correctness, and it has to be made by the rough process of a struggle between combatants fighting under hostile banners.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty

“Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters: and his circumstances or his character may be uncustomary.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty

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