Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Aristotle at Afternoon Tea
I would not have him sorrow at my hard lot, or say at the burial, Thus we lay out Socrates, or, Thus we follow him to the grave or bury him; for false words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. Be of good cheer then, my good Crito, and say that you are burying my body only, and do with that as is usual, and as you think best. The Trials Of Socrates
"When I meet a man who can hold his own beside me," he said with slow deliberation, "then I'll change my opinion of myself. Fathers and Sons
Give a man health and a course to steer; and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not. Captain Brassbound's Conversion
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