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Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.

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And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue; and know that to excel you in virtue only brings us shame, but that to be excelled by you is a source of happiness to us.

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Knowledge is true opinion.

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If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul.

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

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Haughtiness lives under the same roof with solitude.

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Do not expect justice where might is right.

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Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for he has hold not of an image but of a reality), and bringing forth and nourishing true virtue to become the friend of God and be immortal, if mortal man may.

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That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.

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For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes out of his mind and his intellect is no longer in him.

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To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.

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...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.

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Train children not by compulsion but as if they were playing.

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

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They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.

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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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Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.

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The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

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Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.

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We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it.

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