Guillaume-Chretien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful. The surest way to end them is to establish beyond question what should be the purpose and method of a philosophical enquiry. And this is by no means so difficult a task as the history of philosophy would lead one to suppose. For if there are any questions which science leaves it to philosophy to answer, a straightforward process of elimination must lead to their discovery.
The power to bind and loose to Truth is given: The mouth that speaks it is the mouth of Heaven, The power, which in a sense belongs to none, Thus understood belongs to every one.
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.
Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.
The simplest answer is to act.
The best design is the simplest one that works.
The simplest thing that can be said about any person, any relationship, is that it's not simple at all.
Begin with the simplest examples.
The greatest truths are commonly the simplest.

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