Advantageous

Famous quotes containing the word advantageous:

    To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
    Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

    Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor ... over each other.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other.
    David Hume (1711–1776)