“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.”
Fisher Ames
“A rapacious and licentious soldiery.”
Edmund Burke
“Every human has a maximum quantum of enjoyments in Life, the more even its spread across an expected lifetime, the later one "falls out" of Life. Moderation is the greatest preserver of Life.”
Joseph Annang Sowah
“They're known for their propensity to bite unprovoked. There's no way of knowing before they attack.”
Eddie Wright
“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty”
David Hume
“What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.”
Hitopadesa
“Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labelled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions!”
W.J. Reichmann