You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.
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For this invention of yours will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn it, by causing them to neglect their memory, inasmuch as, from their confidence in writing, they will recollect by the external aid of foreign symbols, and not by the internal use of their own faculties.
No human thing is of serious importance.
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything.
Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.