"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual"

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Source : John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.9, Hackett Publishing

Jeremy Bentham

#Community Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Individual Quotes

“Be not like the bird that sees the seed, but not the trap.”
“In an avant-garde cooking restaurant, it's the experience that's the difference.”
“We need a backbone, not a wishbone.”
“In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures, by delightful forethoughts of them; so that when we come to possess them, they do not answer the expectation, nor satisfy the desires which were raised about them, and they vanish into nothing.”

Source : John Tillotson (1717). “The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...”, p.270
“Pure herring oil is the port wine of English cats”
“When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared.”
“From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.”
“The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war.”

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