Proper Function Quotes
- The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function. — Aristotle
- Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls. — Ursula K. Le Guin
- Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of his reason and… — Plato
- The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from… — Frederic Bastiat
- I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home,… — George Eliot
- Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it. — D. H. Lawrence
- The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use… — Jack London
- The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. — Daniel Webster
- Change is freedom, change is life. It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
- The proper function of a human being is to live, not to exist. — Melchor Lim