Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.

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Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...