12 ideas
21677 | How can the not-true fail to be false, or the not-false fail to be true? [Cicero] |
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
21667 | Oratory and philosophy are closely allied; orators borrow from philosophy, and ornament it [Cicero] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
21678 | If desire is not in our power then neither are choices, so we should not be praised or punished [Cicero] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |