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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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All knowledge is but remembrance.

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The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.

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There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.

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If we are to keep our flock at the highest pitch of excellence, there should be as many unions of the best of both sexes, and as few of the inferior as possible, and that only the offspring of the better unions should be kept.

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Music is a defining element of character.

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I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.

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It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul.

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Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of truth, for then he can be trusted.

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The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

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Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent.

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You cannot go into the same water twice.

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We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most.

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To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

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For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes out of his mind and his intellect is no longer in him.

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The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above.

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If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we would be content if we provide accounts that are second to none in probability.

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In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.

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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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Love is a serious mental disease.

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