"To realize the relative validity of one's convictions and yet stand for them unflinchingly is what distinguishes a civilized man from a barbarian."

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Source : "Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy". Book by Joseph Schumpeter, Part IV, Chapter XX, Section III, 1942.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

#Men Quotes #Barbarians Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“The true test of all the arts is not solely whether the production is a true copy of nature, but whether it answers the end of art, which is to produce a pleasing effect upon the mind.”
“I don't see my work as being all that personal. I've used my personal experience in the world, of course, or at least my way of looking at the world. But I think that's changed as I've gotten older.”
“It takes a whole lot of medicine for me to pretend I am somebody else.”
“Break my heart for what breaks yours. Everything I am for you kingdom's cause, as I walk from nothing to eternity.”
“In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.”
“My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them!”
“Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity...”
“A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.”

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