Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

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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.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till...

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till...

He was a wise man who invented beer.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

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,...

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

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

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.