Zitate von Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke
Ein bekanntes Zitat von Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke:
Geschichte ist eine Philosophie, die uns durch Beispiele lehrt.
Informationen über Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke
Politiker, Schriftsteller (England, 1678 - 1751).
Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke wäre heute 346 Jahre, 0 Monate, 4 Tage oder 126.378 Tage alt.
Geboren am 10.10.1678
Gestorben am 12.12.1751
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Weitere 16 Zitate von Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke
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Der bescheidener Forscher ist der, der wirklichen und sicheren Fortschritt bringt.
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Freiheit ist für die Gesellschaft das, was die Gesundheit für den einzelnen ist. Ohne Freiheit kann es kein Glück für die Gesellschaft geben.
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Geschichte ist eine Philosophie, die uns durch Beispiele lehrt.
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Always to think the worst, I have ever found to be the mark of a mean spirit and a base soul.
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Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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It is a very easy thing to devise good laws; the difficulty is to make them effective. The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws; and consequently the greatest art of a politician is to render vices serviceable to the cause of virtue.
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Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.
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Nations, like men, have their infancy.
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Pride is observed to defeat its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.
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The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws.
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The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
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They [Thucydides and Xenophon] maintained the dignity of history.
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They make truth serve as a stalking-horse to error.
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Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
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We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.
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What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!
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