13 ideas
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
20482 | Virtue inspires Stoics, but I want a good temperament [Montaigne] |
20480 | There is not much point in only becoming good near the end of your life [Montaigne] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
20481 | Nothing we say can be worse than unsaying it in the face of authority [Montaigne] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |
20479 | People at home care far more than soldiers risking death about the outcome of wars [Montaigne] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |