“Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.”
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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.