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The tyranny imposed on the soul by anger, or fear, or lust, or pain, or envy, or desire, I generally call 'injustice.'

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Knowledge is true opinion.

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Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.

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There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers

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Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign to dwell.

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To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither while living nor when dead.

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And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.

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The soul should concentrate itself by itself.

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There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and there inspiring frenzy, awakens lyric... But he, who, not being inspired and having no touch of madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks he will get into the temple by the help of art - he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man is nowhere at all when he enters into rivalry with the madman.

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Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because it is apparently not in the interest of such rulers to have great ideas engendered in their subjects, or powerful friendships or passionate love - all of which homosexuality is particularly apt to produce.

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Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year.

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The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.

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An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation.

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Haughtiness lives under the same roof with solitude.

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May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.

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If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.

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Our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness, provided the madness is given us by divine gift.

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There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.

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Wisdom is a blaze, kindled by a leaping spark.

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The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.

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