The judgment is an utensil proper for all subjects — Montaigne

There is scarcely any less bother in the running of a family than in that of an entire state. And domestic business is no less importunate for being less important. Essais (1580, ed. M. Rat, 1958) bk. 1, ch. 39 ♥ 2 Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been admired by their servants. If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor? The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor, causes a war between princes.

No one loves the man whom he fears. Aristóteles Hell is other people. Huis Clos (1944) sc. 5; see Eliot 127:27 Jean-Paul Sartre We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Platão Information is not knowledge. Albert Einstein