In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",
in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly.
An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.
There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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