Logo
It is well to know something of the manners of various peoples, in

It is well to know something of the manners of various peoples, in order more sanely to judge our own, and that we do not think that everything against our modes is ridiculous, and against reason, as those who have seen nothing are accustomed to think. РRen̩ Descartes, Discourse on the Method, 1637 (translated)

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Equality
category

Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty. – Robert Casey

Category:
Equality

Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. Its about something greater. Its about acceptance. – Charlize Theron

Category:
Equality

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables. – Catharine MacKinnon

Category:
Equality

One-half of the people of this nation to-day are utterly powerless to blot from the statute books an unjust law, or to write there a new and a just one. – Susan B. Anthony

Category:
Equality

Random Quotes

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. – Mario Cuomo

Category:
Poetry

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel – too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations. – Bernard Cornwell

Category:
Travel

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. – Les Brown

Category:
design

Ive done every diet there is. – Kate Walsh

Category:
diet