Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.

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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

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...

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...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

We the willing, following the unknowing are doing the impossible. We have done so much...

We the willing, following the unknowing are doing the impossible. We have done so much...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...