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Blushing is the color of virtue.

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.