Quotes About Society

La raza humana es igual en todas partes. La inmensa mayoría emplea casi todo su tiempo en trabajar para vivir, y le abruma de tal modo la poca libertad de que goza, que pone de su parte cuanto puede para perderla. ¡Oh destino de los mortales!

No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Ich hab allerlei Bekanntschaft gemacht, Gesellschaft hab ich noch keine gefunden.

Die alberne Figur, die ich mache, wenn in Gesellschaft von ihr gesprochen wird, solltest du sehen! Wenn man mich nun gar fragt, wie sie mir gefällt?—gefällt! Das Wort hasse ich auf den Tod. Was muß das für ein Mensch sein, dem Lotte gefällt, dem sie nicht alle Sinne, alle Empfindungen ausfüllt!

der Mensch ist dem Menschen das Interessanteste und sollte ihn vielleicht ganz allein interessieren. Alles andere, was uns umgibt, ist entweder nur Element, in dem wir leben, oder Werkzeug, dessen wir uns bedienen. Je mehr wir uns dabei aufhalten, je mehr wir daraf merken und teil daran nehmen, desto schwaecher wird das Gefuehl unsers eignen Wertes und das Gefuehl der Gesellschaft.

È una cosa monotona, il genere umano. I più impiegano la maggior parte del tempo per vivere, e quel poco di libertà che rimane loro li spaventa a tal punto da indurli a cercare tutti i mezzi per sbarazzarsene. Ah, la sorte dell'uomo.

Un hombre formado según las reglas, jamás producirá nada absurdo y absolutamente malo, así como el que obra con sujeción a las leyes y a la urbanidad nunca puede ser un vecino insoportable ni un gran malvado. Sin embargo, y dígase lo que se quiera, toda regla asfixia los verdaderos sentimientos y destruye la verdadera expresión de la naturaleza.

Unfortunately, one can hardly think or say anything right anymore without grievously wounding the state, the gods or public opinion.

Si la prudencia pudiese conciliarse con la juventud, si pudiesen existir repúblicas sin virtud alguna, ¡cuán pronto vería el mundo cumplidos sus altos destinos!

Ein deutscher Schriftsteller — ein deutscher Märtyrer! Ja, mein Guter, Sie werden es nicht anders finden. [...] Und wenn noch die bornierte Masse höhere Menschen verfolgte! Nein, ein Begabter und ein Talent verfolgt das andere [...] und jeder sucht den andern schlecht und verhaßt zu machen, da doch zu einem friedlichen Hinleben und Hinwirken die Welt groß und weit genug ist, und jeder schon an seinem eigenen Talent einen Feind hat, der ihm hinlänglich zu schaffen macht.

Es ist ein einförmiges Ding um das Menschengeschlecht.

In società ognuno viene preso per come si presenta; ma deve presentarsi in qualche modo. Alle persone insignificanti si preferiscono le persone scomode.

Mankind? It is an abstraction. There are, always have been, and always will be, men and only men.

definitely scandalous and

If he had come across her six years ago, he would have simply ridden off with her and made her his. But he was "civilized" now and so couldn't follow his natural inclinations anymore.

Jocelyn had to get rid of her maidenhead. It was the only way she could keep Edward's name from being blackened with ugly gossip. And after all, a widow had no business being a virgin.

A man of a right spirit is not a man of narrow and private views, but is greatly interested and concerned for the good of the community to which he belongs, and particularly of the city or village in which he resides, and for the true welfare of the society of which he is a member.

Almost every generation believes that art and music and the work ethic and you name it aren't as good as they used to be ... historians have noted how the belief that society is changing for the worse is a constant going back thousands of years.

As Eibach and colleagues point out, almost every generation believes that art and music and the work ethic and you name it are not as good now as they used to be, the moral climate has deteriorated, children are more spoiled now than they were twenty years ago, there is more crime, et cetera,

In 1955, amid the great fanfare that accompanied the initial release of the [polio] vaccine, Dr. Jonas Salk was asked who owned the patent. He replied, "Well, the people, I would say. Could you patent the sun?

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

While all other Sciences have advanced, that of Government is at a stand; little better understood; little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.

The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If "Thou shall not covet," and "Thou shall not steal," are not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free.