What did 1st Viscount Bolingbroke mean by: Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason. 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy
History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Philosophy, Teaching, Warning, 0 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Manipulation, Politics, Virtue, 0 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Acquaintance, Adversity, Purging, 0 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Our liberty cannot be taken away unless the people are themselves accomplices. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Empowerment, Freedom, Responsibility, 0 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Acquaintance, Friendship, Vows, 0 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. Frank Herbert Author · USA
