An idea from The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Praise you know you didn’t earn gives little joy, while false blame can wound a good person deeply. Jean Calas, executed at Toulouse for murdering his son, a crime he never committed, used his last words to ask the monk beside him whether he could believe him guilty.

From The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith

Enjoy The Road is a library of ideas from books that lasted, in plain words. A new one every day, free to read.


The Sunday email

One email each Sunday morning: the week’s seven ideas, a question to think about, and a link to a story to read to a child.

Get the Sunday email