#ann

We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#government #hold #man #many #men

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us? ↗

— Frank Herbert

#around #cannot #deaf #deafness #fact

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#cannot #darkness #falsehood #knowing #light

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#bit #cannot #climb #end #followed

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven. ↗

— George Herbert

#bridge #cannot #ever #everyone #forgive

Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#cannot #darling #form #member #moment

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless. ↗

— Herodotus

#bad one #badly #fortune #had #his

My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#announcements #early #europe #list #made

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#convince #corpse #hit #knock #more

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. ↗

— Hesiod

#does #evil #fashions #himself #mischief