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- From a short-sided view, the whole moving contents of the heavens seemed to them a parcel of stones, earth and other soul-less bodies, though they…
- When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always…
- This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
- It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world…
- Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much…
- Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from…
- When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring…
- Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors
- Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, not from one master, but…
- Astronomy compel the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
- Arguments derived from probabilities are idle
- Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but…
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- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
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