Caesar’s armies marched on vegetarian foods.
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street an Broadway.
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
Education is the transmission of civilization.
It may be true that you can’t fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.
Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game