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You cannot conceive the many without the one.

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States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.

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Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

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Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.

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No soul willfully does wrong.

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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

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And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue; and know that to excel you in virtue only brings us shame, but that to be excelled by you is a source of happiness to us.

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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

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The God of Love lives in a state of need.

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Those having torches will pass them on to others.

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You should not honor men more than truth.

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The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

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Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

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One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay.

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May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.

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A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction.

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Wine fills the heart with courage.

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Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them

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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

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The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service or of the greatest injury to the dead man, at the very beginning of his journey hither.

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