For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather get than give affection

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

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...