It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized. |
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. |
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. |
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. |
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. |
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. |
Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain |
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. |
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. |
Most people would rather give than get affection. |
Nature does nothing uselessly. |
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. |
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. |
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in the world |
People generally despise where they flatter |