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“In general, one must have value oneself in order freely and willingly to acknowledge value in another. This is the basis for the requirement that modesty accompany all merits, as well as the disproportionately loud praise for this virtue which alone, among all its sisters, is always added to the praise of anyone distinguished in some way by the person who dares to praise him, so as to conciliate the worthless and silence their wrath. For what is modesty if not false humility which someone with merits and advantages in a world teeming with perfidious envy uses to beg the pardon of those who have none? Someone who does not lay claim to merit because he in fact has none is being honest, not modest.”
The World As Will and Representation • Arthur Schopenhauer“What is due to the state pay as quickly as you can, and you will never be asked for that which is not due.”
Fragment • Epictetus“It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.”
Discourses • Epictetus““I suspect that many will not be satisfied with the simpler way of life.””
Republic • Plato“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
Never Give In! • Winston S Churchill