Liberty and Coercion – H. L. Mencken
“I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.”
H. L. Mencken
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Quote by H. L. Mencken on Ideas and Truth
“To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!”
H. L. Mencken
Quote by H. L. Mencken on Rights and Privileges
“What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.”
H. L. Mencken
An opinion may be controverted by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Leo Tolstoy Quote on Poverty and Justice
“Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God’s laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man’s injustice to his fellow man.”
Leo Tolstoi
Hatred and Envy – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
In Every Exalted Joy – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach on Kindness and Wit
“Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Pity is Love – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Pity is love in undress.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Forgiveness is Important – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
“We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach