“I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.”
Source: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Walter E. Williams
(1936) American economist, commentator, and academic
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2000s
Context: Say that you hire me to mow your lawn and afterwards you pay me $30. What I have earned might be thought of as certificates of performance, i. e. proof that I served you. With these certificates of performance in hand, I visit my grocer and demand 3 pounds of steak and a six-pack of beer that my fellow man produced. In effect, the grocer asks, "Williams, you're demanding that your fellow man, as ranchers and brewers, serve you; what did you do in turn to serve your fellow man?" I say, "I mowed my fellow man’s lawn." The grocer says, "Prove it!" That's when I hand over my certificates of performance -- the $30.
Pt. I
Under Western Eyes (1911)
“No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.”
Source: A Study in Scarlet
Section I, Chap. III.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part I
“To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.”
Aurelius Augustinus
(354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher
Attributed to Augustine by many sources on line, but without an actual reference.
Disputed
“Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.”
Source: The Misanthrope