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Great parts produce great vices as well as virtues.

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That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.

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Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.

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Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not

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He who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he turns out to be poor, is disgraced all the same: for he has done his best to show that he would give himself up to any one's "uses base" for the sake of money; but this is not honourable.

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Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

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Man is a being in search of meaning.

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The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.

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

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Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.

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There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not stay in the mind. So avoid compulsion, and let your children's lessons take the form of play.

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To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

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Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.

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Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

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Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

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Our need will be the real creator.

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The Graces sought some holy ground, Whose sight should ever please; And in their search the soul they found Of Aristophanes.

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