Society Quotes

individuals; while in biology, the complex systems are organisms, composed of cells, and ultimately of proteins, DNA and other molecules. A methodological individualist maintains that the right way to approach the study of a society is to investigate the behavior of the individual people that compose it. A methodological holist, on the other hand, believes […]

If we would please in society, we must be prepared to be taught many things we know already by people who do not know them.

The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of “loyalty” and “duty.” Whenever these two concepts fall into disrepute, get out of there fast! You may possibly save yourself, but it is too late to save that society. It is doomed.

The decay of society is praised by artists as the decay of a corpse is praised by worms.

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID’s, social collapse is not far away.

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow – by the tilt of the social landscapes.

Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.

The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom – they are the pillars of society.

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.