Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorA lazy man is a clock without a spring.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorI convinced myself that to doubt everything is to lack the most precise of human reasoning, which is common sense.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorFirm will is not the same as energetic will, much less impetuous will.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorThe act of reading is like food; the benefit is not in proportion to what is consumed, but to what is digested.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorWoe to the people governed by a Power that must think of its own preservation!
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorReason is a monarch condemned to continually struggle with the rebellious passions.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorTerrible is the error when it usurps the name of science.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorOne should read a lot, but not many books; this is an excellent rule.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorHe who does not tolerate intolerance is not tolerant.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorOnly intelligence examines itself.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorLabor is a natural title to the property of the fruits of it, and legislation that does not respect that principle is inherently unjust.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorCertain men have the talent to see a lot in everything. But they are unfortunate to see everything that is not there, and nothing of what is there.