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Herbert Read Quotes

English - Poet | December 4, 1893 - June 12, 1968

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

Happiness Happy Be Happy Enough May

The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.

Meaning First Equity Evidence Roman

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

Freedom Power Equality World Values

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals.

Society Army Body Defend Within

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.

Evolution Always Degree Mankind Been

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

Success Discipline War Value Me Own

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.

Care Take Care Sin Human Spirit Left

That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision.

Vision Art Man Spiritual Economics

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

Positive Attitude Today Political

Nobody seriously believes in the social philosophies of the immediate past.

Past Nobody Seriously Social

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

Feeling Historical Sense Cannot

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

Name Better Know Than Anarchism

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