Aristotle : He who trusts any man with supreme power gives it to a wild beast, for his appetite sometimes makes him ---- passion influences those in power, even the best of men, but law is reason without desire . . . .
Plato : Be kind, for every one you meet is fighting a hard battle. Man . . . . is tame or civilized animal ---- never the less, he requires proper instruction and fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized ---- but if he be sufficiently or ill-educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures. Law are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or suffered or hindered from plunging into evil.
Aristotle : Anybody can become angry that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way ---- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
Plato : Anyone who has common sense will remember that the bewilderment of the eye are two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as bodily eye ---- and he who remembers this when he sees anyone whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh ---- he will first ask whether that soul of a man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess light.♥
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