The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.

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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the...

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the...

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like...

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like...

He has the most who is most content with the least.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of...

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of...

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at...

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at...

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

Stand a little less between me and the sun.

Stand a little less between me and the sun.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to...

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to...

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that...

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that...

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary...

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication,...

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication,...