
“Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.”
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.”
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
“Wrong no man by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.”
Misattributed, Jackson's personal book of maxims
“Personal injury is a more serious matter than damage to property.”
Reg. v. Heppinstale (1859), 7 W. R. 178.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Source: The Brass Bottle (1900), Chapter 4, “At Large”
“He who believes that new benefits will cause great personages to forget old injuries is deceived.”
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 7; translated by W. K. Marriott