Man must not only make himself: the weightiest thing he has to do is to determine what he is going to be. He is causa sui to the second power. History as a System
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Discourses
I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. Letters from the Earth
"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell." The Analects of Confucius
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