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In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.

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Lust is inseparably accompanied with the troubling of all order, with impudence, unseemliness, sloth, and dissoluteness.

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Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer.

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The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless.

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Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.

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Other people are likely not to be aware that those who pursue philosophy aright study nothing but dying and being dead. Now if this is true, it would be absurd to be eager for nothing but this all their lives, and then to be troubled when that came for which they had all along been eagerly practicing.

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Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before.

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And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will be more frequent opportunities to sleep with a woman; this will give us a pretext for ensuring that most of our children are born of that parent.

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The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.

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But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so as to disgrace him.

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Health is a consumation of a love affair of all the organs of the body.

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Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.

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Great parts produce great vices as well as virtues.

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The mortal nature is seeking as far as is possible to be everlasting and immortal: and this is only to be attained by generation, because the new is always left in the place of the old.

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Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

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The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

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It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.

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And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.

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

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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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