Quote Of The Moment:
"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent."
"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals."
"Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."
"Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal."
"It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought."
"It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition."
"It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken."
"Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions."
"In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds."
"In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels."
"In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech."
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
"If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way."
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost."
"I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law."
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."
"Hope is a waking dream."
"Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully."
"Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars."
"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god."
"He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled."
"Happiness depends upon ourselves."
"Good habits formed at youth make all the difference."
"Friendship is essentially a partnership."
"For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve."
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