Monday, June 11, 2012

Quotes

Whatever you do, do with all your might. ~ Cicero



When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
~ Rousseau
 

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. 
~ John Locke 
  



All things deteriorate in time. ~ Virgil





Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. ~ Descartes 



Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. ~ Marcus Aurelius 


    



You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one. ~ Rousseau


No one is laughable who laughs at himself. ~ Seneca


The energy of the mind is the essence of life. ~ Aristotle


It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. ~ Thomas Hobbes



If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. ~ Marcus Aurelius


  Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. ~ Aristotle




You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one. ~ Rousseau




The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. ~ Seneca



He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it. ~ Seneca

  By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man. ~ Kant




A man of courage is also full of faith. ~ Cicero 




We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. 
~ Epictetus 




The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. ~ Cicero 






There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ~ William James





You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. ~ Marcus Aurelius