Quote#Nature
An unjust composition never fails to contain error and falsehood.…
Quote byEthan Allen · 1738–1789
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reason: The Only Oracle Of Man (1784), Ch. XIII, Section II - Of The Importance of the Exercise of Reason, and Practice of Morality, in order to the Happiness of Mankind.
English (original)
An unjust composition never fails to contain error and falsehood. Therefore an unjust connection of ideas is not derived from nature, but from the imperfect composition of man.
— Ethan Allen
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