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Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.

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Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

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He whom Love touches not walks in darkness.

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The prisoner grows to love his chains.

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I have this tattooed on my left side! I love the saying and it's a perfect description of Karma, don't judge/discriminate and don't do to someone what you wouldn't want done to you.

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The ultimate design of the Mysteries ... was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, ... a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good.

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He who advises a sick man, whose manner of life is prejudicial to health, is clearly bound first of all to change his patient's manner of life.

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There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

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The race of the guardians must be kept pure.

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Truth is its own reward.

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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

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A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.

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Socrates said that, from above, the Earth looks like one of those twelve-patched leathern balls.

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That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.

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Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.

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Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

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A written discourse on any subject is bound to contain much that is fanciful.

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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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I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes to ordinary conversation, such as the stuff you talk about financiers and the money market, well, I find it pretty tiresome personally, and I feel sorry that my friends should think they're being very busy when they're really doing absolutely nothing. Of course, I know your idea of me: you think I'm just a poor unfortunate, and I shouldn't wonder if your right. But then I dont THINK that you're unfortunate - I know you are.

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