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I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.

I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.'

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.'

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

Nov 25, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

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