Government Quote by Jeremy Bentham

“Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.” quote by Jeremy Bentham — Download Open image

“Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.”

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Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

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Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

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