Famous quotes containing the words actual, mechanical and/or advantage:
“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)
“Is it reasonable that even the arts should take advantage of and profit by our natural stupidity and feebleness of mind?”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)