Toil Of Science Swells The Wealth Of

Truth Suffers No Loss If A Vehement Youth Fails In Finding It, In The Same Way That Virtue And Religion Suffer No Detriment If A Criminal Denies Them.

Historians Are Prophets With Their Face Turned Backward.

Appearance Should Never Attain Reality, And If Nature Conquers, Then Must Art Retire.

Virtue, Though Clothed In A Beggar's Garb, Commands Respect.

Culture, Far From Giving Us Freedom, Only Develops, As It Advances, New Necessities; The Fetters Of The Physical Close More Tightly Around Us, So That The Fear Of Loss Quenches Even The Ardent Impulse Toward Improvement, And The Maxims Of Passive Obedience Are Held To Be The Highest Wisdom Of Life.