Quote #27137
One’s own self conquered is better than all other people.
Quote #4640
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of...
Quote #21010
It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
Quote #1445
Blessed are they who heal you of self-despisings. Of all services which can be...
Quote #4259
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is...
Quote #6911
A full cup must be carried steadily.
Quote #4616
It is better, of cours, to know useless things than to know nothing.
Quote #14647
I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
Quote #29948
A man’s women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and...
Quote #12273
Being shot out of a cannon is always better than being squeezed through a...