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Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
Pray thee spare thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
It is possible to demonstrate God's existence although not a priori yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work but in the excellence of the work he produces.
To live well is to work well to show a good activity.
In order for a war to be just three things are necessary. First the authority of the sovereign. Secondly a just cause. Thirdly a rightful intention.
If then you are looking for the way by which you should go take Christ because He Himself is the way.
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
By nature all men are equal in liberty but not in other endowments.
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
As regards the individual nature woman is defective and misbegotten for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.
How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars – when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
