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And then, Sir, there is this consideration, that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
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I hate mankind, for I think myself to be one of them, and I know how bad I am.
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A cucumber whould be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and viniger, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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