14 quotes
male given name
“As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.”
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres."
on Art
"Silence is better than unmeaning words."
on Wisdom
"Choose always the way that seems the best however rough it may be custom will soon render it easy and agreeable."
on Life
"In this theater of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on."
"Strength of mind rests in sobriety for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion."
"The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil."
"As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom."
on Freedom
"Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence."
"He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them."
on Philosophy
"Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance."
"Power is the near neighbour of necessity."
on Power
"Ability and necessity dwell near each other."
"Number rules the universe."