In this way he is stimulated to further effort without jealousy. He wants to excel himself as he ought to do;I see no reason why he should not emulate his own performances.
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. Hermes, they say, engraved the elements of science on pillars lest a deluge should destroy them. Had he imprinted them on men's hearts they would have been preserved by tradition.Well-trained minds are the pillars on which human knowledge is most deeply engraved.