“There will be no injustice in compelling our philosophers to have a care and providence of others.” Republic
A learned man is an idler who kills time with study. Beware of his false knowledge: it is more dangerous than ignorance. Man and Superman
There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtures are not real to him. His sins, if there are such thing as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him. The Picture of Dorian Gray
“One who becomes a prince through the favour of the people ought to keep them friendly, and this he can easily do seeing they only ask not to be oppressed by him.” The Prince
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