“Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?”
Death“Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.”
Alone“Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?”
Death“I would fain grow old learning many things.”
Learning“Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.”
Death“There are three classes of men lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”
Men“The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.”
Knowledge“Science is nothing but perception.”
Science“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”
Knowledge“Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.”
Happiness“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
Knowledge“Love is a serious mental disease.”
Love“States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.”
Men“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.”
Parenting“Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.”
Fear“We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.”
God“No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.”
Love“Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.”
Alone“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
Politics“Death is not the worst that can happen to men.”
Death“Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.”
Knowledge“Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.”
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