Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

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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.

The wise are doubtful.

The wise are doubtful.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

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...

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

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

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be...

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

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.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

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...

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...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

Man - a being in search of meaning.

Man - a being in search of meaning.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

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

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