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Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.

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Thinking is the soul talking to itself.

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All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

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Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.

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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away... A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.

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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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From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.

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Don't ask a poet to explain himself. He cannot.

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Love consists in feeling the Sacred One beating inside the loved one.

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Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

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No one punishes the evil-doer under the notion, or for the reason, that he has done wrong -- only the unreasonable fury of a beast acts in that way. But he who desires to inflict rational punishment does not retaliate for a past wrong, for that which is done cannot be undone, but he has regard to the future, and is desirous that the man who is punished, and he who sees him punished, may be deterred from doing wrong again.

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As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.

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The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and more capable in whatever they say or do, for rhythm and harmony are essential to the whole of life.

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Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.

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It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

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No soul willfully does wrong.

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Those who tell the stories rule society.

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If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.

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The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch.

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Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

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