“Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.”
Wisdom“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
War“Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.”
Wisdom“We are twice armed if we fight with faith.”
Faith“There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.”
Good“He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.”
Power“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
Imagination“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
Good“Science is nothing but perception.”
Science“States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.”
Men“To prefer evil to good is not in human nature and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.”
Good“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”
Good“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
Politics“When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.”
Men“Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.”
Business“Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.”
Death“I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.”
Great“Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.”
Great“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.”
Inspirational“Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.”
Time“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.”
Parenting“The good is the beautiful.”
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