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Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils - no, nor the human race, as I believe - and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.

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Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.

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It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.

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Nothing ever is, everything is becoming.

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

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In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.

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All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.

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Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.

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When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

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A house that has a library in it has a soul.

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Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.

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One should turn towards the main ocean of the-beautiful-in-the-world so that one may by, contemplation of this Form, bring forth in all their splendor many fair fruits of discourse and meditation in a plenteous crop of philosophy.

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No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

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Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them.

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

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We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

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A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim.

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The proud man is forsaken of God.

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Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

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The good is the beautiful.

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