Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

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It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look...

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look...

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

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.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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...

The good is the beautiful.

The good is the beautiful.

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.

The wisest have the most authority.

The wisest have the most authority.