Leo Nikolaevich
Leo Nikolaevich
capital control fulfill laws loss men organized personal rules subjected violence
Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the non fulfillment of which those who do not fulfill them are subjected to personal injuries, the loss of liberty, and even capital punishment.
boundaries cannot destroyed government national people unity
I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
activity art best feelings highest human men others purpose
Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.
higher judge life reason supreme
If there is no higher reason--and there is none--then my own reason must be the supreme judge of my life
govern laws loss means organized people subjected
Laws are rules, made by people who govern by means of organized violence, for non-compliance with which the non-complier is subjected to blows, to loss of liberty, or even to being murdered.
beautiful best hence life poet puts takes work
The poet takes the best things out of his life and puts them into his work. Hence his work is beautiful and his life bad.
according activity bad good human kinds learn mainly methods people reason
There are two methods of human activity -- and according to which one of these two kinds of activity people mainly follow, there are two kinds of people. One use their reason to learn what is good and what is bad and they act according to this knowle
attained believed discovered gladly knowledge love neighbour reason
Was it by reason that I attained the knowledge that I must love my neighbour and not throttle him? They told me so when I was a child, and I gladly believed it, because they told me what was already in my soul. But who discovered it? Not reason!
contrary discern eyes good lucky matter meet others people qualities rival shut
There are people who when they meet a rival, no matter in what, at once shut their eyes to everything good in him and see only the bad. There are others who on the contrary try to discern in a lucky rival the qualities that have enabled him to succe
almost poor
We will do almost anything for the poor man, anything but get off his back