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For, in the language of Heraclitus, the virtuous soul is pure and unmixed light, springing from the body as a flash of lightning darts from the cloud. But the soul that is carnal and immersed in sense, like a heavy and dank vapor, can with difficulty be kindled, and caused to raise its eyes heavenward. - [Sensuality] Fortune had favoured me in this war that I feared, the rather, that some tempest would follow so favourable a gale. - quoting Paulus Aemilius [Fortune] Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man. - [Friendship] Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy. - [Friendship] God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine. - [God] God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse. - [God] Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill; to behold man's self so unnaturally disguised and dishonored will conduce not a little to the impeachment of anger. - [Anger] Hatred is blind as well as love. - [Hatred] He regarded nothing to be cheap that was superfluous, for what one does not need is dear at a penny; and it was better to possess fields, where the plough goes and cattle feed, than fine gardens that require much watering and sweeping. - [Economy] He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself. - [Breeding] If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well. - [Talking : Tongue] If Nature be not improved by instruction, it is blind; if instruction be not assisted by Nature, it is maimed; and if exercise fail of the assistance of both, it is imperfect. - [Education] If we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools and theatres; but a city without a temple, or that practiseth not worship, prayer, and the like, no one ever saw. - [Religion] If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind, as by degrees will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you. - [Hatred] If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business. - [Talking] If you live with a cripple, you will learn to limp. - [Imitation] In human life there is a constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing. - [Fortune] In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. - [Words] It is a true proverb that if you live with a lame man you will learn to halt. - [Associates] It is an observation no less just than common, that there is no stronger test of a man's real character than power and authority, exciting, as they do, every passion, and discovering every latent vice. - [Power] It is difficult to speak to the belly because it has no ears. - [Appetite] It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. - [Ancestry] It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious. - [Pretension] It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension. - [Praise] It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others. - [Conceit] Displaying page 2 of 7 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7
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