The books that we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
I'm not a king, I'm a servant to the music.
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.