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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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And isn't it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean knowing things as they really are.

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For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not to himself. Nor does beauty and strength of body, when dwelling in a base and cowardly man, appear comely, but the reverse of comely, making the possessor more conspicuous, and manifesting forth his cowardice.

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Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.

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No human thing is of serious importance.

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Aspiring minds must sometimes sustain loss.

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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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Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.

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

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Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

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Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.

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Courage is a kind of salvation.

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

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Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellow-men.

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Through obedience learn to command.

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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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We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.

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And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark.

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It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.

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Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.

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