“He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of ag...” — Plato Quote

“He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.”

“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”

“I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.”

“...when he looks at Beauty in the only way that Beauty can be seen - only then will it become possible for him to give birth not to images of virtue (because he's in touch with no images), but to true virtue [arete] (because he is in touch with true Beauty). The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he.”

“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”

“When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.”

“Children malnourished at age 5 tend to suffer permanent physical and mental damage. So if I can save a child from malnutrition, I find it has an extremely favorable risk-reward ratio - the cost I incur versus the overall benefit that I can bring to society.”

“Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.”

“Humour is learned behaviour, and I know exactly why I learned to be funny. I did it from a very early age. My dad was a hilarious man, and the way we interacted was being silly together. It was a way to hold his attention.”

“In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine.”

“The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.”

“Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.”