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"It’s a deep human instinct – I believe a God-given one – that we mark significant moments with significant meals. Sharing a meal, especially a festive one, binds together a family, a group of friends, a collection of colleagues. Such meals say more than we could ever put into words about who we are, how we feel about one another, and the hopes and joys that we share together."

"It’s a deep human instinct – I believe a God-given one – that we mark significant moments with significant meals. Sharing a meal, especially a festive one, binds together a family, a group of friends, a collection of colleagues. Such meals say more than we could ever put into words about who we are, how we feel about one another, and the hopes and joys that we share together."

A RETURN to reverence is the first prerequisite for a revival of wisdom.

Socrates makes one last request, for his children:
"One thing I ask ... : Punish my sons, gentlemen,
when they grow up; give them this same pain I
gave you, if you think they care for money or any-
thing else before virtue"

Philosophy is not like fishing or painting or jogging: it is not simply a good thing for some people to do. It is necessary, and it is universal. To be human is to be challenged to philosophize, and if we respond by not philosophizing, then that is our philosophy, a bad one. Once Romeo proposes to Juliet, she is no longer innocent, but involved, whether she answers Yes or No.

"А откуда вы знаете, в какой точке земли вы будете счастливы, в какой — несчастливы? Кто скажет, что знает это о себе?"

"Вот, — объявил и он громко. — Тут рассказ есть. Называется: „Чем люди живы“. — И усмехнулся. — Такой вопрос, кто ответит? — чем люди живы?"

"Cine-i dușmanul cel mai mare al deținutului? Deținutul de alături."

“It must be that, whatever its promise, love does not by itself endure. But why? What was the failure behind the failure of love ?”