Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private; fortitude, the principle of not flying danger, but meeting it; and temperance, the principle of subduing…

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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

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...

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

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...

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.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

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.

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is...

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is...

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much,...

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much,...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

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...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...