The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is…

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No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for...

The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for...

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Beauty is the gift of God.

Beauty is the gift of God.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

The soul can not think without a picture.

The soul can not think without a picture.

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the...

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the...

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...