The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set... →
Cyrano de Bergerac
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.
George Berkeley
When AIDS first appeared, people didn't know what it was. You'll remember that it affected mostly young gay men - it was actually called GRID... →
Seth Berkley
Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by... →
Isaiah Berlin
The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds.
All forms of tampering with human beings, getting at them, shaping them against their will to your own pattern, all thought control and conditioning... →
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.
Georges Bernanos
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Claude Bernard
Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the human race.
Saint Bernard
Like many men, I am not ashamed to admit that my principal joys are domestic. I love cooking, and I love looking after my children. Indeed, the times... →
Louis de Bernieres