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

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Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

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.

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...

Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the...

Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the...

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

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,...

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...

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

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...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

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...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

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...

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.