“A young person cannot judge what is allegorical and what is literal; anything that he receives into his mind at that age is likely to become indelible and unalterable; and therefore it is most important that the tales which the young first hear should be models of virtuous thoughts.” Republic
All things come into being by conflict of opposites. Fragments
Inevitably, in the secret chemistry of the emotions the feeling of pity for a sick person is imperceptibly bound up with tenderness. Beware of Pity
“And there is nothing wastes so rapidly as liberality, for even whilst you exercise it you lose the power to do so.” The Prince
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