Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

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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...

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are...

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are...

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...

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...

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

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...

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

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...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

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...