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

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Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

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,...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

Love is a grave mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is...

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is...

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

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

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

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.