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  • One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons when danger is far away; but when it comes nearer to you, they turn away.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Philosophical Quotes , Son Quotes
  • Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Philosophical Quotes , Ignorance Quotes