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Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government, nor yet can those who spend their lives as closet philosophers; because the former have no high purpose to guide their actions, while the latter keep aloof from public life.

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Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.

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Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.

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Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

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He whom Love touches not walks in darkness.

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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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Through obedience learn to command.

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I shall never alter my ways, not even if I have to die many times.

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Geometry existed before creation.

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To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.

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Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

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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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If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they would be the very best governors of their own city, abstaining from all dishonour, and emulating one another in honour; and when fighting at each other's side, although a mere handful, they would overcome the world. For what lover would not choose rather to be seen by all mankind than by his beloved, either when abandoning his post or throwing away his arms? He would be ready to die a thousand deaths rather than endure this.

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Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

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

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In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we cannot help concluding that it is in every case the source of all that is bright and beautiful -in the visible world giving birth to light and its master, and in the intellectual world dispensing, immediately and with full authority, truth and reason -and that whosoever would act wisely, either in private or in public, must set this Form of Good before his eyes.

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Poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many fine things without any understanding of what they say.

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And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.

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If you think your child's academic studies are more important than the arts, think again.

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When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.

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