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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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He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side.

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Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

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Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.

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Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

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God forever geometrizes.

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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

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To a good man nothing that happens is evil.

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The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge.

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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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Knowledge is the rediscovering of our own insight.

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When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe.

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It is right to give every man his due.

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The soul should concentrate itself by itself.

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The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods.

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Interference by the three classes with each other s jobs, and interchange of jobs between them, therefore, does the greatest harm to our state, and we are entirely justified in calling it the worst of evils.

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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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For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them

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

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True friendship can exist only between equals.

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