The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.
I'm not a person who gives up on my worth.
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most fundamentally human part of the soul.
德行与天地相配的人才能称为皇帝