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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Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction,...

Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction,...

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

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.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

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

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

Life must be lived as play.

Life must be lived as play.

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and...

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and...

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

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

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable......

Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable......

I'm a teenager. I have a messy room. I spend most of my time online....

I'm a teenager. I have a messy room. I spend most of my time online....

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the...

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the...