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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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 most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear...

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear...

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

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...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

The good is the beautiful.

The good is the beautiful.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

Excellent things are rare.

Excellent things are rare.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether...

How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether...