Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because… — John of Salisbury Copy Share
Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by… — John of Salisbury Copy Share
The common people say, that physicians are the class of people who kill other men in the most polite and courteous manner. — John of Salisbury Copy Share
Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint. — John of Salisbury Copy Share
Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I… — John of Salisbury Copy Share
Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word. — John of Salisbury Copy Share
A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues… — John of Salisbury Copy Share
Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... [T]he word… — John of Salisbury Copy Share
Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth — John of Salisbury Copy Share
Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge. — John of Salisbury Copy Share
“One who comprehends truth is wise, one who loves it good, one who orders his life in accordance with it happy.” — John of Salisbury Copy Share
