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"What we know is not capable of being otherwise; of things capable of being otherwise we do not know, when they have passed outsideour observation, whether they exist or not. Therefore the object of knowledge is of necessity. Therefore it is eternal; for things that are of necessity in the unqualified sense are all eternal; and things that are eternal are ungenerated and imperishable."
"Let us first understand the facts and then we may seek the cause."
"The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get."
"Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one."
"A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness."
"Fate of empires depends on the education of youth"
"It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it."
"Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it."
"The man who is content to live alone is either a beast or a god."
"Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice."
"Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it's your last resort; the only way to express yourself when words fail, the same as when you were a baby and had no words."
"Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by experiment. The same thing is true in every case of the kind: wine and all fluids that evaporate and condense back into a liquid state become water. They all are water modified by a certain admixture, the nature of which determines their flavour."
"Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler."
"The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication."
"Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young."
"Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites."
"All men are alike when asleep."
"It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse."
"Also, that which is desirable in itself is more desirable than what is desirable per accidens."
"A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence."