Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of truth, for then he can be trusted

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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

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...

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

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...

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

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

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

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

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.

Nourish your aged parents; revere them.

Nourish your aged parents; revere them.

In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to...

In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to...