Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 138
... truth . " Yet Hazlitt was one to quarrel even with those who loved him , and who loved truth and could see beneath his mask of sullenness . " I have quarrelled with all my friends , " he wrote plaintively , and indeed he offended by his ...
... truth . " Yet Hazlitt was one to quarrel even with those who loved him , and who loved truth and could see beneath his mask of sullenness . " I have quarrelled with all my friends , " he wrote plaintively , and indeed he offended by his ...
Page 201
... truth , Tolstoy , the truth - teller , has alone remained untouched . The Govern- ment , whom he has attacked with a ruthless and lifelong enmity , one - thousandth part of which would have cost the life of any other man ; society ...
... truth , Tolstoy , the truth - teller , has alone remained untouched . The Govern- ment , whom he has attacked with a ruthless and lifelong enmity , one - thousandth part of which would have cost the life of any other man ; society ...
Page 307
... Truth is power , and if a man thinks he holds a truth which his countrymen are blind to , he is no patriot if his heart falters and if he does not speak out manfully . In these days of representative government nearly every man has a ...
... Truth is power , and if a man thinks he holds a truth which his countrymen are blind to , he is no patriot if his heart falters and if he does not speak out manfully . In these days of representative government nearly every man has a ...
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