Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.
A state is governed better by a good man than by good laws.
It is an indisputable principle that in order to know how to lead well, it is necessary to know how to obey.
History tells what happened; poetry what should have happened.
Those who do good are the only ones who can aspire to happiness in life.
The purpose of art is to give form to the secret essence of things, not to merely copy their appearance.
Our character is the result of our conduct.
The dialecticians and the sophists, in their disquisitions, clothe themselves in the appearance of philosophers.