". . . Then anyone who leaves..." - Quote by Plato

“We must now examine whether just people also live better and are happier than unjust ones. I think it's clear already that this is so, but we must look into it further, since the argument concerns no ordinary topic, but the way we ought to live.”

“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”

“A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.”

“O,speak to me no more;these words like daggers enter my ears.(a fancy way of saying SHUT UP!)" — William Shakespeare "hamlet”

“Private, accidental, confidential conversation breeds thought. Clubs produce oftener words.”

“Listen. Don't explain or justify.”

“An artist must know the reality he is depicting in its minutest detail. In my opinion we have only one shining example of that - Count Leo Tolstoy.”

“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”

“Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.”