Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another…

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Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing...

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing...

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the...

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from...

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear...

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear...

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what...

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what...

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not...

By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not...

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

Fortune favors the audacious

Fortune favors the audacious

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to...

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to...

Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.

In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free...

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free...