Chimerical Quotes

13 quotes by 10 authors

Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences. The alchemists founded chemistry by… — Claude Bernard
Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government can render us… — James Madison
Let us consider the actual, worldly Jew -- not the Sabbath Jew, as Bauer does, but the everyday Jew. ... What is the worldly religion… — Karl Marx
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness… — Marquis de Sade
Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving;… — Georges Rouault
The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards… — Soren Kierkegaard
It is doubly chimerical to build peace on economic foundations which, in turn, rest on the systematic cultivation of greed and envy, the very forces… — E F Schumacher
It has been the resolution of mankind in all ages of the world. No people, no age, ever threw away the fruits of past wisdom,… — William Hazlitt
To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. — James Madison
Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will.… — Marquis de Sade
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. — James Thomson
The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the inability to love. — Bernard Grasset
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humaneness is nothing but a weakness… — Marquis De Sade

Who Wrote These Chimerical Quotes

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