Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes combat live state
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Jean-Jacques Rousseau bitterfruitpatience Change image and share on social
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. Jean-Jacques Rousseau braggartcarriagecoward Change image and share on social
Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. Jean-Jacques Rousseau ashamedblushguilty Change image and share on social
Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population. John Boyle O'Reilly fightfullyguard Change image and share on social
The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and for ill, the start of combat. Nancy Gibbs accompanybattlecombat Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social