The Quotes from the book: A world of Ideas
“Let us finally consider how naïve it is altogether to say: ‘Man ought to be such and such’” (Nietzsche – Morality as Anti-Nature p.350).
“It is much safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking” (Machiavelli - The Qualities of The Prince p.227).
“If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them, if you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them” (Lao-tzu Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching p.213-214).
“For to be subject to appetite is to be a slave, while to obey the laws laid down by society is to be free” (Rousseau - The Origin of Civil Society p.253).
“As I read and contemplated the subject, behold! that very discontentment which Master Hugh had predicted would follow my learning to read had already come, to torment and sting my soul to unutterable anguish” (Douglass – From Narrative of The Life p.334).
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