
“Every man for himself, his own ends, the Devil for all.”
Section 1, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Every man for himself, his own ends, the Devil for all.”
Section 1, member 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.”
This quote was attributed to Albert Schweitzer by Rachel Carson on p. 17 of her seminal work Silent Spring (1962), and is widely cited on various Internet websites, but an actual source from Schweitzer’s works is elusive.
Disputed
"The Devils Thoughts" (c. 1834)
“Let every man mind his own business.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 8.
Women Saints of East and West
“It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.”
April 9, 1778
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III