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 | "There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time,
when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time
well spent." | |
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Found in the topic Music.
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| "We do not correct the man we hang; we correct others by him." | |
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Found in the topic Capable.
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| "Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... We
sleeping wake, and waking sleep." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Let us permit nature to have her way; she understands her Business
better than we do." | |
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Found in the topic Nature.
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| "Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, And yet he will
be making gods by dozens." | |
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Found in the topic Religion.
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| "Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to
forget it." | |
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Found in the topic Memory.
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| "Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know." | |
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Found in the topic Belief.
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| "One may be humble out of pride." | |
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Found in the topic Humanitarian.
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| "We have need of very little learning to have a good mind." | |
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Found in the topic Learn.
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| "In farewells we heat above ordinary our affections to the things we
forego." | |
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Found in the topic Farewell.
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| "Who is not sure of his memory should not attempt lying." | |
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Found in the topic Lever.
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| "There is no man so good who, were he to submit all his thoughts and
actions to the law, would not deserve hanging ten times in his
life." | |
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Found in the topic Hanging.
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| "There are some defeats more triumphant than victories." | |
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Found in the topic Defeat.
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| "We can be knowledgeable with other men"s knowledge, But we cannot be
wise with other men"s wisdom." | |
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Found in the topic Knowledge.
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| "A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf
husband." | |
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Found in the topic Husband.
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| "A wise man loses nothing, if he but saves himself." | |
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Found in the topic Wise.
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| "All actions beyond the ordinary limits are subject to a sinister
interpretation." | |
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Found in the topic Limits.
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| "All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it
quietly." | |
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Found in the topic False.
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| "As an enemy is made more fierce by our flight, so Pain grows proud
to see us knuckle under it. She will surrender upon much better terms to
those who make head against her." | |
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Found in the topic Enemy.
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| "As plants are suffocated and drowned with too much moisture, and
lamps with too much oil, so is the active part of the understanding with
too much study." | |
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Found in the topic Study.
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