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“ "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."”
The Analects of Confucius • Confucius“In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.”
Candide • Voltaire“Deception, flattering, lying, deluding, talking behind the back, putting up a false front, living in borrowed splendor, wearing a mask, hiding behind convention, playing a role for others and for oneself -- in short, a continuous fluttering around the solitary flame of vanity -- is so much the rule and the law among men that there is almost nothing which is less comprehensible than how an honest and pure drive for truth could have arisen among them.”
On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense • Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche“Not only does the wind of accidents stir me according to its blowing, but I am also stirred and troubled by the instability of my attitude.”
Essays • Michel De Montaigne“We must make the best use that we can of the things which are in our power, and use the rest according to their nature.”
Discourses • Epictetus
