The gods do not need sacrifices, so what should one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one’s power to those humans who deserve it.
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Apollonius of Tyana, circa 15 – 100 C.E.
(via honorthegods)
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
I soon made up my mind about the poets. I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled them to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
The good ones are those who are content to dream what the wicked actually practice.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
socialismartnature:
“Oligarchy. A government resting on a valuation of property, in which the rich have power and the poor are deprived of it.” - Plato
“Poverty is the parent of Revolution and Crime.” - Aristotle
2500 years later the lesson still goes unlearn.
