| |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world | | Ralph Waldo Emerson | | | The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. | | Jean Cocteau | | | The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to live in comfort, and the instinct to humiliate others are often the cause of that courage so renowned among men | | François de la Rochefoucauld | | | There is no instinct like that of the heart. | | Lord Byron | | | | | Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.' | | Albert Schweitzer | | | | | Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way - who husbands it too carefully to waste it where it can be dispensed with | | Samuel Butler | | | | | Quotes: 1 - 9 of 9 | Pages: 1 | | | |
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