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The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.

~Apollonius Of Tyana

Topics: Acquire Deserve Gods Good Humans Me Might Need Please Power Sacrifices Seems Them Those Who Wisdom

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Multicolored stones and paintings, walkways, and theaters are useless in a city unless it also contains wisdom and law. Such things are the subject of wisdom and law, not equivalent to them.

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Topics: Also City Contains Equivalent Law Paintings Stones Subject Such Things Theaters Them Things Unless Useless Wisdom

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In my judgment, excellence and wealth are direct opposites, since when the one shrinks, the other grows, and when one grows, the other shrinks.

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Topics: Direct Excellence Grows Judgment Opposites Other Shrinks Since Wealth

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My ideal is for each to do what he knows and what he can.

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Topics: Each He Ideal Knows

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If any man has left us for fear of Nero, I shall not account him a coward; but I shall hail as a philosopher any man who has been superior to this fear, and I shall teach him all I know.

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Topics: Account Any Been Coward Fear Hail Him Know Left Man Philosopher Shall Superior Teach Us Who

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In my travels, which have been wider than ever man yet accomplished, I have seen many, many wild beasts of Arabia and India; but this beast, that is commonly called a Tyrant, I know not how many heads it has, nor if it be crooked of claw, and armed with horrible fangs.

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Topics: Accomplished Arabia Armed Beast Beasts Been Commonly Crooked Ever Heads Horrible How India Know Man Many Nor Seen Than Travels Tyrant Which Wider Wild

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I delight to lodge in such temples as are not regularly kept closed. None of the gods reject me; they make me partner of their roof.

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Topics: Closed Delight Gods Kept Lodge Make Me None Partner Regularly Reject Roof Temples

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When I review Xerxes' achievements, I praise him, not for having yoked the Hellespont, but for having crossed it. But I can see that Nero will neither sail through the Isthmus nor complete his digging.

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Topics: Achievements Complete Crossed Digging Having Him His Neither Nor Praise Review Sail See Through Will I Can

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Nero may have understood how to tune his cithern, but he disgraced his imperial office both by slackening and by tightening the strings.

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Do not consider that to be wealth which is hoarded away, for how is it better than sand gathered from the nearest heap? Nor that which comes in from men who groan at their taxes: for the gold that is wrung from tears is of base alloy and black.

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Topics: Away Base Better Black Consider Gathered Gold Heap How Men Nearest Nor Sand Taxes Tears Than Wealth Which Who

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

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