Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy. ~ Plato

Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's? ~ Nietzsche

The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow. ~ Socrates

Ascetic: one who makes a necessity of virtue. ~ Nietzsche

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust. ~ Schopenhauer

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. ~ Nietzsche

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

~ Seneca

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. ~ Hegel

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. ~ Sartre

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. ~ Nietzsche

The essential function of the universe, which is a machine for making gods ~ Henri Bergson

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it. ~ Montesquieu

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows. ~ Epictetus

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted. ~ Sartre

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost. ~ Schopenhauer

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

~ Nietzsche

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. ~ Descartes

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. ~ Confucius

Silence is safer than speech. ~ Epictetus