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To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.
I secretly think reality exists so we can speculate about it.
How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit.
So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?
To venture causes anxiety. Not to venture is to lose oneself.
Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear.
Is it conceivable that mysticism is a mark of inadequate art?
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other.
Know what thou canst work at, and work at it like a Hercules.
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
I had a lifelong quarrel with God, but in the end we made up.
The best men are the least suspicious of fraudulent purposes.
Catholicism is the most philosophical branch of Christianity.
Tragedy when ridiculed by comedy does not condescend a reply.
All things that come into being and grow are earth and water.
The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.
Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
The division of labour was limited by the extent of the market
Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death.
Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown.
It's so important to consider this question: What do I desire?
The Sun is a mass of fiery stone, a little larger than Greece.
Native ability without education is like a tree without fruit.
Humility is a flower which does not grow in everyone's garden.
The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.
The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.
A right election can only be made by those who have knowledge.
Adoration is made out of a solitary soul occupying two bodies.
Happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue
Speeches are like babies-easy to conceive but hard to deliver.
Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered.
Big fish eat small fish with as much right as they have power.
I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy.
I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.
Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: We are our own Huns.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
You must believe that you can help bring about a better world.
Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead.
Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.
Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
Opinions which justify cruelty are inspired by cruel impulses.
A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.
You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?
Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?
A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.