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News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point read more
News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class publication and not news.
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate read more
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and
unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they read more
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and
unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a
divine poet (to chronicle their deeds).
[Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona
Multi; sed omnes illacrimabiles
Urguentur ignotique sacro.]
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk about. -Oscar Wilde.
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk about. -Oscar Wilde.
Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.
Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.
No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor
temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
[Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans,
voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one
might be capable of doing before all the world!
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one
might be capable of doing before all the world!
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
