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“And this, Cebes, is the reason why the true lovers of knowledge are temperate and brave; and not for the reason that the world gives. For not in that way does the soul of a philosopher reason. ...Never fear, Simmias and Cebes, that a soul which has been thus nurtured and has had these pursuits, will at her departure from the body be scattered and blown away by the winds and be nowhere and nothing.”
The Trials Of Socrates • Plato“Cry 'Havoc!,' and let slip the dogs of war.”
Julius Caesar • William Shakespeare“To judge the appearances we receive of things, we should need a judicatory instrument; to verify this instrument, we should need a demonstration; to rectify this demonstration, we should need an instrument: so here we are arguing in a circle. Seeing the senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason; there is no reason but must be built upon another reason, so here we are retreating backwards to all eternity.”
Essays • Michel De Montaigne“The more thou stir it, the worse it will be.”
Don Quixote • Miguel De Cervantes“He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.”
The Art Of War • Sun Tzu