Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

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.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are...

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are...

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come...

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come...

Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give...

Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give...

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...