Occupation: Biographer Birth: 45 Death: 120
Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy..
Lycurgus the Lacedæmonian brought long hair into fashion among his countrymen, saying that it rendered those that were handsome more beautiful, and t….
Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered with mortals, ….
Neither blame or praise yourself..
To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in Temple ri….
Whenever Alexander heard Philip had taken any town of importance, or won any signal victory, instead of rejoicing at it altogether, he would tell his….
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education..
He who cheats with an oath acknowledges that he is afraid of his enemy, but that he thinks little of God..
He (Cato) never gave his opinion in the Senate upon any other point whatever, without adding these words, "And, in my opinion Carthage should be dest….
Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy..
Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce..
The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches..
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised..
Archimedes had stated, that given the force, any given weight might be moved; and even boasted that if there were another earth, by going into it he ….
The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart..
The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on, this process of corrup….
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult..
Instead of using medicine, better fast today..
Philosophy is the art of living..
When malice is joined to envy, there is given forth poisonous and feculent matter, as ink from the cuttle-fish..
Anacharsis coming to Athens, knocked at Solon's door, and told him that he, being a stranger, was come to be his guest, and contract a friendship wit….