“That we do many things in the world from conjecture is true, but that our redactions are based on conjecture is false.”— Baruch Spinoza, Letter 56 (60) to Hugo Boxel, 1674Share
“A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.”— Baruch SpinozaShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
