But that it is only the writings and precepts of the philosophers and other fine writers that are the true riches$$$ because they enrich with virtue the minds of those that possess them. Euthydemus
If you have no critics$$$ you'll likely have no success.
Men always makes gods in their own image.
If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind$$$ you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
To quote a dictum of Simon$$$ what a horse does under compulsion he does blindly$$$ and his performance is no more beautiful than would be that of a ballet-dancer taught by whip and goad.
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.
Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.
I learned not to worry so much about the outcome$$$ but to concentrate on the step I was on and to try to do it as perfectly as I could when I was doing it.
Stranger! henceforth be warned; and know that pride$$$<br>Howe'er disguised in its own majesty$$$<br>Is littleness; that he$$$ who feels contempt<br>For any living thing$$$ hath faculties<br>Which he has never used; that thought with him<br>Is in its infancy...
He is by nature led<br>To peace so perfect that the young behold<br>With envy$$$ what the old man hardly feels.