Famous quotes containing the words history, polish, intelligence and/or services:
“There is one great fact, characteristic of this our nineteenth century, a fact which no party dares deny. On the one hand, there have started into life industrial and scientific forces which no epoch of former human history had ever suspected. On the other hand, there exist symptoms of decay, far surpassing the horrors recorded of the latter times of the Roman empire. In our days everything seems pregnant with its contrary.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“Use the stones of another hill to polish your own jade.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The accidental causes of science are only “accidents” relatively to the intelligence of a man.”
—Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)
“I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)