This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.

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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing...

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing...

The law is reason, free from passion.

The law is reason, free from passion.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as...

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as...

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things...