Sublime

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficientl

Dans cet ouvrage, j’avais le dessein d’expliquer et d’appliquer la doctrine suivante : les mauvaises actions ne sont pas nuisibles parce qu’elles sont interdites, mais interdites parce qu’elles sont nuisibles, si l’on ne tient compte que de la nature humaine. Il y va par conséquent de l’intérêt commun d’être vertueux, pour ceux qui souhaitent, même

should have mentioned before, that in the autumn of the preceding year I had formed most of my ingenious acquaintance into a club of mutual improvement, which we called the "Junto."

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Inspiré par ces réunions, Franklin organisa un pot commun dans lequel les membres du Junto mettraient de l’argent pour acheter des livres à la disposition de tous. Ce modèle se répandit vite au-delà des réunions du vendredi soir, ce qui conduisit Franklin à rédiger en 1731 la charte de la Library Company of Philadelphia, l’une des premières bibliot

I began now gradually to pay off the debt I was under for the printing house. In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman, I took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal, but to avoid all appearances to the contrary. I dressed plainly; I was seen at no places of idle diversion; I never went out a-fishing or shooting; a b

In America the existing Union is advantageous to all the States, but it is not indispensable to any one of them. Several of them might break the federal tie without compromising the welfare of the others, although their own prosperity would be lessened.

Bacon’s most important book, The Advancement of Learning, is in many ways remarkably modern. He is commonly regarded as the originator of the saying “Knowledge is power,” and though he may have had predecessors who said the same thing, he said it with new emphasis. The whole basis of his philosophy was practical: to give mankind mastery over the fo

Ben Franklin’s excellent advice: “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”