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Overcoming Gossip
So I am not at all surprised that he was consistently moderate in dealing with his pupil Xenocrates. He had heard that Xenocrates had...
A Trusted Friend
Alexander now fell ill from exhaustion, according to Aristoboulos, though others say that, sweating and overheated and having an intense...
Friends ensure happiness
The philosopher Epicurus said, “Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far...
Forgetting Past
Failure to stop Hitler sooner, saying: “Of this I am certain, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find...
Friendship based on love and truth
Quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson in an essay on friendship, C. S. Lewis noted that Emerson once observed, Do you love me? Actually means Do...
A true friend
There was in the field one Lucilius, an excellent man, and a friend of Brutus, who, seeing some barbarian horse taking no notice of any...
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