And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him to know, and is t….

In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the life of one man w….

Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless..

Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions..

The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be..

She was looking for something I could never give her." Again his dark eyes bored into Julia's mind. "You have something of the same about you, young ….

Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it sees the irrationality of o….

Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all arou….

The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind." (Marco).

Every cataclysm is welcomed by somebody; there is always someone to rejoice at disaster and see in it the prospect of a new beginning and a better wo….

When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and the Nazis will try to blame….

Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a mob of incensed ….

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the trut….

Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete wit….

Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating som….

Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and mus….

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place..

For what are we but our past? If that is lost, we become nothing..

He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve ….

The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse..

For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest content with what she ha….