As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two. Book III
Being is unrecognizable unless it manages to seem, and seeming is feeble unless it manages to be. Gorgias
Check your passions, that you may not be punished by them. Fragment
“It takes a strong mind to move things forward, someone who understands that risks that are part of everyday life and that everything boils down to hard work from morning to night — for many years.” Surrounded by Idiots
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