In the past, those who devoted themselves to study searched for their own perfecting; nowadays those who devote themselves to study do so to affect upon the others.
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Mencius of the day
He who practises Kindness will never have enemies.
Confucius of the day
He who talks too much and without common sense rarely puts in practice what he says.
Plautus of the day
If you ask for the return of money you lent, you will see that your kindness made an enemy of your friend.
Plautus of the day
He who made money quickly, if he doesn’t save it quickly, will quickly lose it.
Plautus of the day
To give advice is almost to give help.
Plautus of the day
If you do something, do it.
Aristotle of the day
Nature does not do anything in vain.
Aristotle of the day
There is nothing in the mind that has not been before in the senses.
Aristotle of the day
Art is the idea of a piece, an idea which exists without matter.