Pleasure is the bait of sin

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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

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

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

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the...

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the...

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come...

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come...

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman;...

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman;...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

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...

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

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...

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.