Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.
Even God cannot make two times two not make four. - Hugo Grotius
Even God cannot make two times two not make four.
- Hugo Grotius
Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom. - Hugo Grotius
Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.
A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages. - Hugo Grotius
A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages.
A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he ca… - Hugo Grotius
A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he ca…
Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human. - Hugo Grotius
By undertaking many things, I have accomplished nothing. - Hugo Grotius
By undertaking many things, I have accomplished nothing.
Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves. - Hugo Grotius
Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.
Tis long ere time can mitigate your grief; To wisdom fly, she quickly brings relief. - Hugo Grotius
Tis long ere time can mitigate your grief; To wisdom fly, she quickly brings relief.
I saw in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. Wars were begun on trifling pretexts or none at… - Hugo Grotius
I saw in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. Wars were begun on trifling pretexts or none at…
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