LegalWilhelm von Humboldt Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form. – Wilhelm von Humboldt Actions Quotes Beauty Quotes Coercion Quotes Form Quotes Freedom Quotes Ignoble Quotes Lead Quotes Legal Quotes Lends Quotes Prevent Quotes Robs Quotes Transgressions Quotes Vices Quotes A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties.
Henry Adams I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist. – Henry Adams
Sophia Amoruso I learned the hard way that taking shortcuts and living for free is not really living free. – Sophia Amoruso
Justine Bateman I’ve never been interested in changing my face. I hear of those glycolic peels and the Botox and plastic surgeries, and I am just, like, ‘Oh my God.’ I just could never do that. – Justine Bateman
Alan Coren Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what you think it is you want to hear. – Alan Coren
David Schwimmer There’s nothing like a play. It’s so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing. – David Schwimmer
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