“And there is nothing wastes so rapidly as liberality, for even whilst you exercise it you lose the power to do so.” The Prince
Russia, are you not speeding along like a fiery and matchless troika? Dead Souls
A human being will accept the strictest disciplinary measures with a better grace if he knows that they will fall with equal severity on his neighbor. Justice in some mysterious way makes up for violence. Beware of Pity
Whence come wars, and fighting, and factions? whence but from the body and the lusts of the body? For wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the sake and in service of the body; and in consequence of all these things, the time which ought to be given to philosophy is lost. The Trials Of Socrates
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