It is only necessary to make war with five things with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the flesh, with the seditions of the politic and the discords of families.
It is only necessary to make war with five things with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the flesh, with the seditions of the politic and the discords of families.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought.
A thought is an idea in transit.
Golden Verses So-called because they are 'good as gold.' They are by some attributed to Epicarmos, and by others to Empedocles, but always go under the name of Pythagoras, and seem quite in accordance with the excellent precepts of that philosopher. They are as follows Ne'er suffer sleep thine eyes to close Before thy mind hath run O'er every act, and thought, and word, From dawn to set of sun For wrong take shame, but grateful feel If just thy course hath been Such effort day by day renewed Will ward thy soul from sin. E. C. B.
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