″‘Hope,’ he says, ‘cherishes the soul of him who lives in justice and holiness, and is the nurse of his age and the companion of his journey;—hope which is mightiest to sway the restless soul of man.‘” Republic
My dreams are the problems of the day stepped up to absurdity, a little like men dancing, wearing the horns and masks of animals. The Winter of Our Discontent
This is what happens when you hurry through a maze; the faster you go, the worse you are entangled. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
And will he who is a true lover of wisdom, and is persuaded in like manner that only in the world below can he worthily enjoy her, still repine at death? Will he not depart with joy? Surely he will, my friend, if he be a true philosopher. ...And if this be true, he would be very absurd, ...if he were to fear death. The Trials Of Socrates
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