“youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”
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“youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”
“The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23”
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“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
“Happiness is a state of activity.”
“Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.”
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“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other...”
“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”
“Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.”
“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world”
“The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the term is an absolute plenum. This plenum, however, is not 'one': on the contrary,...”
“Every science seeks certain principles and causes for each of its objects—e.g. medicine and gymnastics and each of the other sciences, whether productive or mathematical. For each of these m...”
“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.”
“Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.”
“A man without regrets cannot be cured.”
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
“Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is...”
“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.”
“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.”