+ The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Acton, Unjust, 0 - Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Acton, Freedom, Wisdom, 0 - Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Acton, Authority, Liberty, 0 - Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Acton, Liberty, Morality, 0 - Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Acton, Atheism, Sin, 0 - Lord Acton Historian · England
+ The mills of God grind slowly. Feraz Zeid, August 30, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Acton, Grind, Retribution, 0 - Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Acton, Motive, Spiritual Life, 0 - Lord Acton Historian · England
+ There should be a law to the People besides its own will. Feraz Zeid, June 3, 2023December 12, 2023, Lord Acton, Law, 0 - Lord Acton Historian · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France