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" For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. "
Plato
First
Himself
Man
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" The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state. "
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" The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. "
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" Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? "
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" It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. "
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" Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. "
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" And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. "
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" The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out. "
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" Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. "
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Great
Training
" As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. "
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