A Man Contains All That Is Needed

The People Of Your World Became So Stupid And Rude That My Companions And I No Longer Enjoyed Teaching Them. You Must Surely Have Heard Of Us: We Were Called Oracles, Nymphs, Spirits, Fairies, Household Gods, Lemures, Larvas, Lamias, Sprites, Water-nymphs, Incubi, Shades, Spirits Of The Dead, Specters And Ghosts.

A Large Nose Is The Mark Of A Witty, Courteous, Affable, Generous And Liberal Man.

Even If A King Defeats His Enemy In Battle, That Still Doesn't Settle Anything. There Are Other, Less Numerous Armies Of Philosophers And Scientists, And Their Contests Determine The True Triumph Or Defeat Of Nations. One Scholar Is Matched With Another; One Creative Mind With Another; And One Judicious Temperament With His Counterpart. A Victory Won On That Field Counts For Three Won By Force Of Arms.

My Life's Work Has Been To Prompt Others And Be Forgotten. Remember That Night When Christian Came To Your Balcony? That Moment Sums Up My Life. While I Was Below In The Shadows, Others Climbed Up To Kiss The Sweet Rose.

In It He Proves That All Things Are True And States How The Truths Of All Contradictions May Be Reconciled Physically, Such As For Example That White Is Black And Black Is White; That One Can Be And Not Be At The Same Time; That There Can Be Hills Without Valleys; That Nothingness Is Something And That Everything, Which Is, Is Not. But Take Note That He Proves All These Unheard-of Paradoxes Without Any Fallacious Or Sophistical Reasoning.