"The corruption of man is followed by..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Culture is one thing and varnish is another.”

“Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.”

“Wild liberty develops iron conscience. Want of liberty, by strengthening law and decorum, stupefies conscience.”

“Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings in the general concerns of the world.”

“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”

“The various languages placed side by side show that with words it is never a question of truth, never a question of adequate expression; otherwise, there would not be so many languages. The 'thing in itself' (which is precisely what the pure truth, apart from any of its consequences, would be) is likewise something quite incomprehensible to the creator of language and something not in the least worth striving for.”

“In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed by passions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.”

“"As I think I told you once before," said I, "it is you who have been, in your greed and cunning, against all the world. It may be profitable to you to reflect, in future, that there never were greed and cunning in the world yet, that did not do too much, and overreach themselves. It is as certain as death."”

“Circumstances should never alter principles!”