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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
It's not like I have this philosophical answer as to why I love rock.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
Justice without love is not justice. Love without justice is not love
The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
We have to make philosophy itself an object of philosophical concern.
God is a philosophical black hole-the point where reason breaks down.
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.
The memory of how we work will endure beyond the products of our work.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.
The ultimate philosophical challenge is to reveal the ontology of God.
The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism.
Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.
Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write.
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so.
Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.
The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.