"There is a doctrine whispered in secret..." - Quote by Socrates
There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away; this is a great mystery which I do not quite understand.
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“If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.”
“Is it not, then, better to be ridiculous and friendly than clever and hostile?”
“If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.”
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“If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly that civilized mankind finds itself at present in grave danger. In the totalitarian states it is the rulers themselves who strive actually to destroy that spirit of humanity. In less threatened parts it is nationalism and intolerance, as well as the oppression of the individuals by economic means, which threaten to choke these most precious traditions.”
“He who owns little is little owned.”
“But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.”