I never did anything worth doing by accident nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.
I never did anything worth doing by accident nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.
Author: Plato
Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Then not only an old man but also a drunkard becomes a second time a child.
Then not only an old man but also a drunkard becomes a second time a child.
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Science is nothing but perception.
Science is nothing but perception.
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much but with less power.
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much but with less power.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
There will be no end to the troubles of states or of humanity itself till philosophers become kings in this world or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
There will be no end to the troubles of states or of humanity itself till philosophers become kings in this world or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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.
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.