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

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

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

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

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

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

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Democracy passes into despotism.

Democracy passes into despotism.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

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...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

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

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

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...