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Goethe

In high places, well meant ignorance is a grievous calamity

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HUMILITY

"The less you speak of your own greatness, the more others will think of it"

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ST THOMAS OF AQUINAS

"How can a man become learned?"

-"By reading one book"

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PLUTARCH

When asked what boys should learn, he replied, " That which they will use as men." — Plutarch: Laconic Apothegms.

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Another way for saying "vigilant"

(Argus was a 100 eyed giant in Greek/Roman mythology)

illustration courtesy of Ancient Origins

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ON READING HISTORY

“The only history worth reading is that written at the time of which it treats"

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The only true emancipation is to think for yourself.

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The appeal of religion, apart from God:

Community

Art and Architecture

Ritual

Tradition

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Abstain from all things superfluous.

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Do not die a stranger to yourself.

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The mistaken belief that others think as you do.

shown: the side view mirror of the Bentley Arnage

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The thought of 'what I should have said at the time'

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There is no market for mediocrity.

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"Hope" truly seen is in the idea of an opportunity, that there is the chance, through effort, that what may come to pass, will.

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Above all else, you learn morality from Philosophy.

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The only unit to pay for the cost of freedom?

Human life.

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"Don't break the unwritten laws that are shameful to break" - Pericles