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Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

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If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice.

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The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second, the only difference between men and women is one of physical function- one begets, the other bears children. Apart from that, they both can and should perform the same functions - though men on a whole, perform them better and should receive the same education to enable them to do so; for in this way society will get the best value from both.

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Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

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As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.

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It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a raft to ride the seas of life.

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Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.

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No one can escape his destiny.

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To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.

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Arrogance is ever accompanied by folly.

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Ignorance: the root of all evil.

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We must now examine whether just people also live better and are happier than unjust ones. I think it's clear already that this is so, but we must look into it further, since the argument concerns no ordinary topic, but the way we ought to live.

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Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.

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He whom Love touches not walks in darkness.

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Trees and fields tell me nothing: men are my teachers.

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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war

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Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.

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In the world of knowledge, the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.

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The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.

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Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his own.

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