Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, not from one master, but from many.

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Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

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...

Life must be lived as play.

Life must be lived as play.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to...

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to...

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till...

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till...

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.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.