Observing System

Famous quotes containing the words observing and/or system:

“We were observing once to Mr. [Samuel] Crisp that the good and the agreeable were seldom united—”Ay begad,” cried he, “’tis rare enough to meet with the one or the other.””
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)

“A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.”
—Socrates (469–399 B.C.)