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Man is a biped without feathers.

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The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.

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You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul.

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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!

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Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on his own account, but for the sake of his forefathers. Yet hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants.

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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

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A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.

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I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power.

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Beauty is a natural superiority.

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Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.

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Harmony is a symphony, and symphony is an agreement; but an agreement of disagreements while they disagree there cannot be; you cannot harmonize that which disagrees.

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Music is a defining element of character.

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Let no one destitute of geometry enter my doors.

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The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

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Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

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When I hear a man discoursing of virtue, or of any sort of wisdom, who is a true man and worthy of his theme, I am delighted beyond measure: and I compare the man and his words, and note the harmony and correspondence of them. And such an one I deem to be the true musician, having in himself a fairer harmony than that of the lyre.

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No one is so cowardly that Love could not inspire him to heroism.

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The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.

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...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.

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