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For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons will detest evil in men; their repugnance to wrong disinclines them to commit wrongful acts; they shun the unrighteous and are drawn to the upright.

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When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.

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Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

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Because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.

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Anything worth knowing is already known and must be remembered and reclaimed by the soul.

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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

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We must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things.

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To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

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Only the dead will know the end of the war.

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Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.

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As it is, lovers of inquiry must follow their beloved wherever it may lead.

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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change with them.

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Your dog is your only philosopher.

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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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It would be better for me ... that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.

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God is truth and light his shadow.

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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

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There is no necessity for the man who means to be an orator to understand what is really just but only what would appear so to the majority of those who will give judgment; and not what is really good or beautiful but whatever will appear so; because persuasion comes from that and not from the truth.

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I have good hope that there is something after death.

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There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

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