Philosopher

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

Usia tua memiliki perasaan tenang dan kebebasan yang besar. Ketika nafsu telah mengendur cengkeraman mereka dan telah melarikan diri, bukan dari satu tuan, tetapi dari banyak.

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.

Keberhasilan menggoda banyak orang untuk kehancuran mereka.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Knowledge is true opinion.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Orang baik tidak perlu hukum untuk memberitahu mereka agar bertindak secara bertanggung jawab, sementara orang jahat akan menemukan jalan di sekitar undang-undang.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

Cinta muncul tanpa sengaja, dan bisa jadi karena melihat orang yang secara fisik menarik. Cinta karena keindahan fisik adalah cinta seksual, cinta tingkat paling rendah. Tapi ia dapat terus meningkat semakin tinggi, karena ia merupakan benih dari cinta ideal, cinta luhur. Keindahan adalah gerbang cinta, tinggal bagaimana merawat dan meningkatkannya.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.