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If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails to too small a ship, too big meals to too small a body, too big powers to too small a soul - the result is bound to be a complete upset. In an outburst of hubris the overfed body will rush into sickness, while the jack-in-office will rush into the unrighteousness that hubris always breeds.

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Even the gods love jokes.

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I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency

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All thought begins with the recognition that something is out of place.

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If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others.

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Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.

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For every man who has learned to fight in arms will desire to learn the proper arrangement of an army, which is the sequel of the lesson.

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You must base the Wisdom on Love.

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Pleasure is the bait of sin

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Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so making graceful him who is rightly trained.

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I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.

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God ever geometrizes.

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The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

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Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.

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As there are misanthropists or haters of men, so also are there misologists, or haters of ideas.

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Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

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Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

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Your dog is your only philosopher.

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Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient.

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If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful.

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