There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
Read MoreHaving the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
Read MoreI decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or …
Read MoreBad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
Read MoreI do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons …
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