What One Approves, Another Scorns
What one approves,
another scorns,
and thus
his nature each discloses.
You find the rosebush
full of thorns,
I find the
thornbush full of roses.
The effect of liberty to individuals is, that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it…
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
'Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?'