Quote of Charlie Chaplin - Man as an individual is a...
Biography - Charlie Chaplin:
English comic actor, filmmaker and composer.
Born: 1889 - Died: 1977
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1889 - Died: 1977
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes for: Individual
Article III – The principle of any sovereignty resides essentially in the Nation. No body, no individual can exert authority which does not emanate expressly from it.
when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
Quotes for: genius
He recognized in himself that power to forget which only children have, and geniuses, and the innocent. Innocent, overwhelmed by joy, he understood at last that he was made for happiness.
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