To
give a
satisfactory decision as to
the truth
it is necessary to be
rather an
arbitrator
than a party to the dispute
The
only stable state is
the one in which
all men are equal
before the law..
The
moral virtues,
then, are produced in us
neither by nature
nor against nature.
Nature, indeed,
prepares in us
the ground for
their reception,
but their
complete formation is
the product of habit
The
gods too are
fond of a joke
The aim of art
is to represent
not the outward
appearance of things,
but their inward
significance
Poverty is the
parent of
revolution and crime
Pleasure in the job
puts perfection
in the work..
One
swallow does not
make a summer,
neither does one fine day;
similarly one day or
brief time of happiness
does not make a person
entirely happy
Men
acquire a particular quality
by constantly acting
a particular way.
you become
just by performing just actions, temperate by performing
temperate actions,
brave by performing
brave actions.
Man
perfected by society
is the best of all animals;
he is the most terrible
of all when
he lives without law,
and without justice..
Law is
mind without reason
It is unbecoming for
young men
to utter maxims
It
is the mark of an
educated mind to be
able to entertain
a thought
without
accepting it
It is in justice
that the
ordering of society
is centered..
If some animals are
good at hunting
and others are
suitable for hunting
then the Gods must clearly
Smile on Hunting...
Humor
is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not
bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination
is false wit
How many a dispute could have been
deflated into
single paragraph,if the
disputants had dared
to define their terms..
Happiness depends upon
Ourselves
Education is the
best provision
for the journey
to old age...
Dignity
consists
not in possessing honors,
but in the
consciousness
that we deserve them