Barba Non Facit Philosophum

Most People Do Not Understand Until Old Age What Plato Tells Them When They Are Young.

Playing The Cretan With The Cretans (i.e. Lying To Liars).

Water And Our Necessary Food Are The Only Things That Wise Men Must Fight For.

The Same Intelligence Is Required To Marshal An Army In Battle And To Order A Good Dinner. The First Must Be As Formidable As Possible, The Second As Pleasant As Possible, To The Participants.

It Is The Admirer Of Himself, And Not The Admirer Of Virtue, That Thinks Himself Superior To Others.