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“If death had only been the end of all, the wicked would have had a good bargain in dying, for they would have been happily quit not only of their body, but of their own evil together with their souls. But now, as the soul plainly appears to be immortal, there is no release or salvation from evil except the attainment of the highest virtue and wisdom. For the soul when on her progress to the world below takes nothing with her but nurture and education...”
The Trials Of Socrates • Plato““Friendships that are obtained by payments, and not by greatness or nobility of mind, may indeed be earned, but they are not secured.””
The Prince • Niccolo Machiavelli“Nothing can come of nothing.”
King Lear • William Shakespeare“It might be a basic characteristic of existence that those who would know it completely would perish, in which case the strength of spirit should be measured according to how much of the "truth" one could still barely endure--or to put it more clearly, to what degree one would require it to be thinned down, shrouded, sweetened, blunted, falsified.”
Beyond Good and Evil • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.”
An Ideal Husband • Oscar Wilde