Compromise with the WorldThe state of Sparta was very close to our ancestors in its austerity, and it held the same principles as they did. In keeping with the...
Life is shortAt drinking parties of wealthy Egyptians, they always follow the end of their dinner by having a man carry around a corpse made of wood...
Danger of the love of moneyPerhaps it is not the world’s peace that corrupts great natures but much rather the endless warfare which besets our hearts, yes, and...
Worldly people are like cattleHowever, to return to Plato, though the stream of his words flows as noiselessly as oil, he none the less attains sublimity. You have...