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Plautus, full name Titus Maccius Plautus NULL
It behooves a father to be virtuous if he expects his son to be more virtuous than he has been.
Petrarch, anglicized from Italian name Francesco Petrarca NULL
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
Yukteswar, fully Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, born Priyanath Karar NULL
Wrath springs from thwarted desires. I do not expect anything from others, so their actions cannot be in opposition to wishes of mind.
Character | Mind | Opposition | Wishes |
Visualize, "prayerize," "actionize," and your wishes will come true.
Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Necessity is the mother of "taking chances."
Every one wishes to have truth on his side, but it is not every one that sincerely wishes to be on the side of truth.
Mary Warnock, fully Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock
If choosing freely for oneself is the highest value, the free choice to wear red socks is as valuable as the free choice to murder one’s father or sacrifice oneself for one’s friend. Such a belief is ridiculous.
Belief | Character | Choice | Father | Free choice | Friend | Murder | Sacrifice | Murder |
Saint Augustine, aka Augustine of Hippo, St. Austin, Bishop of Hippo NULL
Wine-drinking is the mother of all mischief, the root of crimes, the spring of vices, the whirlwind of the brain, the overthrow of the sense, the tempest of the tongue, the ruin of the body, the shame of life, the stain of honesty, and the plague and corruption of the soul.
Body | Corruption | Honesty | Life | Life | Mother | Sense | Shame | Soul | Wisdom |
Ardis Whitman, fully Ardis Rumsey Whitman
Toscanini's eightieth birthday, someone asked his son, Walter, what his father ranked as his most important achievement. The son replied, "For him there can be no such thing. Whatever he happens to be doing at the moment is the biggest thing in his life - whether it is conducting a symphony or peeling an orange."
Achievement | Character | Father | Important | Life | Life |