I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.