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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Written by Plato
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Written by Plato
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Written by Plato
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
Written by Plato
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
Written by Plato
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Courage is a kind of salvation.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Man - a being in search of meaning.
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
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Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Knowledge is true opinion.
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Democracy passes into despotism.
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To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
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It is right to give every man his due.
Written by Plato

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