Quotes from Philemon

Every gift, though small, is in reality great, if it be given with affection.

Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent, but he is a wild beast who walks upright.

A field is the most just possession for men. For what nature requires it carefully bears: barley, oil, wine, figs, honey. Silver-plate and purple will do for the tragedians, not for life.

Look around you: there is not a doctor who desires the health of his friends, not a soldier who desires peace for his country.

A just man is not one who does no ill, But he, who with the power, has not the will.

Only the doctor and the judge have the right to inflict the death penalty without receiving the same.

Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit.

A farmer is always going to be rich next year.

In this thing one man is superior to another, that he is better able to bear adversity and prosperity.

Temperate anger well becomes the wise.

I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.