Today Quotes
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Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.Sidney J. Harris
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.Plutarch, Morals
An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.Plutarch, Morals
When the candles are out all women are fair.Plutarch, Morals
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.Plutarch, Morals
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?Epictetus, Discourses
Only the educated are free.Epictetus, Discourses
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.Epictetus, Discourses
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.Juvenal, Satires
Who will guard the guards themselves?
(quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)Juvenal, Satires