In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.

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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...

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

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...

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

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.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly...

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly...

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life...

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life...