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

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No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

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...

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

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...

Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the...

Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the...

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by...

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.