Chapter 3, paragraph 9
Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model... but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides.Read in Books4Free →
Most-Cited Aphorisms
From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Frequently quoted passages encapsulating Mill's defense of individuality and free thought.
Chapter 3, paragraph 13
A State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands... will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.Read in Books4Free →
Chapter 2, paragraph 20
He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.Read in Books4Free →
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