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"A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books."
"Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and honourable, finds a little afterwards that he is wicked, faithless, and then he meets with another of the same character. When a man experiences this often, and more particularly from those whom he considered his most dear and best friends, at last, having frequently made a slip, he hates the whole world, and thinks that there is nothing sound at all in any of them."
"The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals"
"Thinking is the soul talking to itself."
"I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with"
"Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination."
"A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality."
"The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things."
"Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns."
"Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful."
"To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous."
"Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil."
"Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself."
"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
"A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers."
"There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil."
"The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."
"In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one."
"The worst of all deceptions is self-deception."
"The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves."