2011 October | Good Quotes

When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil

To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one’s own ability, To lead them, but not to master them – This is called profound and secret virtue

Too much liberty corrupts us all

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly

So many men so many questions. (Quot Homines Tot Sententiae)

Nothing is said that has not been said before

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

Fortune favors the brave

Each of us bears his own Hell

Tears at times have all the weight of speech

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders

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When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil

To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one’s own ability, To lead them, but not to master them – This is called profound and secret virtue

Too much liberty corrupts us all

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly

So many men so many questions. (Quot Homines Tot Sententiae)

Nothing is said that has not been said before

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

Fortune favors the brave

Each of us bears his own Hell

Tears at times have all the weight of speech

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders