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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Education is the best provision for old age.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
He who hath many friends hath none.
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Friendship is essentially a partnership.
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
Hope is the dream of a waking man.
Hope is a waking dream.
The secret to humor is surprise.
Hope is a waking dream.
Wit is educated insolence.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
All men by nature desire knowledge.
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

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