The birth of all things is weak and tender; and therefore we should have our eyes intent on beginnings. Essays
The formula 'two plus two equals five' is not without its attractions. Notes from Underground
If there is anything beautiful other than absolute beauty, that can only be beautiful as far as it partakes of absolute beauty—and this I should say of everything. ...by beauty all things become beautiful. ...by greatness only great things become great and greater and greater, and by smallness the less becomes less. The Trials Of Socrates
"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself." The Analects of Confucius
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