Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Son Quotes

One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons when danger is far away; but when it comes nearer to you, they turn away.

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For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize... They were pursuing science in order to know, and not for any utilitarian end.

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He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

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So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

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For men are not equal: thus speaks justice.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

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Socrates.- If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible as a guide to morals and reason... The pathways of the most various philosophical modes of life lead back to him... Socrates excels the founder of Christianity in being able to be serious cheerfully and in possessing that wisdom full of roguishness that constitutes the finest state of the human soul. And he also possessed the finer intellect.

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And I entered and beheld with the eye of my soul... the Light Unchangeable... He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows Eternity.

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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

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Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

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I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet.

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Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

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What the philosopher is seeking is not truth, but rather the metamorphosis of the world into man.

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Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

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A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

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The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

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There is a tide in the affairs of men

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