Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. Votes: 10
Neither blame or praise yourself. Votes: 9
Painting is silent poetry. Votes: 5
It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others. Votes: 3
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. Votes: 0
Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty. Votes: 0
The belly has no ears. Votes: 0
Barba non facit philosophum Votes: 0
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it. Votes: 0
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature. Votes: 0
Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice. Votes: 0
Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara. Votes: 0
Character is long-standing habit. Votes: 0
A fool cannot hold his tongue. Votes: 0
Athenodorus says hydrophobia, or water-dread, was first discovered in the time of Asclepiades. Votes: 0
Beauty is the flower of virtue. Votes: 0
Character is inured habit. Votes: 0
Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse. Votes: 0
Custom is almost a second nature. Votes: 0
Either is both, and Both is neither. Votes: 0
It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty. Votes: 0
It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered. Votes: 0
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. Votes: 0
Knowledge of divine things for the most part, as Heraclitus says, is lost to us by incredulity. Votes: 0
Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price. Votes: 0
Philosophy is an act of living. Votes: 0
Philosophy is the art of living. Votes: 0
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well. Votes: 0
Reason speaks and feeling bites Votes: 0
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. Votes: 0
Silence is an answer to a wise man. Votes: 0
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever. Votes: 0
The great god Pan is dead. Votes: 0
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others. Votes: 0
The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses. Votes: 0
They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men. Votes: 0
Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores You keep to your own ways, and leave mine to me Votes: 0
What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water. Votes: 0
When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself. Votes: 0
Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall. Votes: 0
Wickedness frames the engines of her own torment. She is a wonderful artisan of a miserable life. Votes: 0
Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty. Votes: 0
Words will build no walls. Votes: 0