So where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's lust for rule and the subjects' cowardice.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.
I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.
There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them.
He who advises a sick man, whose manner of life is prejudicial to health, is clearly bound first of all to change his patient's manner of life.