This is a fine saying of Plato: That he who is discoursing about men should look also at earthly things as if he viewed them from some higher place; should look at them... a mixture of all things and an orderly combination of contraries. Book VII
She dealt with moral problems the way a cleaver deals with meat: and in this case she had made up her mind. Dubliners
“Winning people is an end, self-defense is just a means.” Samarkand
“Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress." Uncle Vanya
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