The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics

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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.

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions

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...

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...

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

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...

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

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;...

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of...

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of...

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...

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...

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

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

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.