Quote #3988
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it...
Quote #11279
All pleasures contain an element of sadness.
Quote #5032
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land,...
Quote #26170
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants...
Quote #8106
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
Quote #7154
In time we hate that which we often fear.
Quote #19110
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight,...
Quote #17495
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that...
Quote #6223
Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.
Quote #4642
Who will guard the guards themselves?(quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)