Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

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The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege...

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege...

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

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

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

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

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

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

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...

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman;...

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman;...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus...

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full...

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full...

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

A dangerous conceit: That's one's opponents are winning on the strength of their weakest arguments...

A dangerous conceit: That's one's opponents are winning on the strength of their weakest arguments...