Society and the World

For we are told that when a certain man was accusing both of them to him, he [Caesar] said that he had no fear of those fat and long-haired fellows, but rather of those pale and thin ones.

But if we are guided by me we shall believe that the soul is immortal and capable of enduring all extremes of good and evil, and so we shall hold ever to the upward way and pursue righteousness with wisdom always and ever.

God is always doing geometry.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

Can we devise one of those lies—the kind which crop up as the occasion demands, which we were talking about not so long ago—so that with a single noble lie we can indocrinate the rulers themselves, preferably, but at least the rest of the community?

Can we devise one of those lies—the kind which crop up as the occasion demands, which we were talking about not so long ago—so that with a single noble lie we can indocrinate the rulers themselves, preferably, but at least the rest of the community?

And so with the objects of knowledge: these derive from the Good not only their power of being known, but their very being and reality; and Goodness is not the same thing as being, but even beyond being, surpassing it in dignity and power.

This was the end, Echekrates, of our friend; a man of whom we may say that of all whom we met at that time he was the wisest and justest and best.

What I say is that ‘just’ or ‘right’ means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.

What I say is that ‘just’ or ‘right’ means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.

Is that which is holy loved by the gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is loved by the gods?

The woman is perfected

Every woman adores a Fascist,

Water is best. But gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms … The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

No, painting is not made to decorate apartments. It’s an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy.

Tyranny is always better organised than freedom.

Tyranny is always better organised than freedom.

Cry, the beloved country.

There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.

Where observation is concerned, chance favours only the prepared mind.

Man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.

Hollywood money isn’t money. It’s congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.

Guns aren’t lawful;