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 […]
Society Quotes
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.
An armed society is a polite society. (19th century)
To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing.
When we throw off the yoke of public opinion, it is seldom for the purpose of rising above it, but nearly always to fall below.
