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" The beginning is the most important part of the work. "

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" Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. "

" Democracy passes into despotism. "

" Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. "

" Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. "

" Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. "

" Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. "

" As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. "

" Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. "

" To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent. "

" The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. "

" How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state? "

" Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. "

" Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal. "

" The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. "

" The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. "

" Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. "

" 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, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands. "

" The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery. "

" Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good. "

" Knowledge is true opinion. "

" I would fain grow old learning many things. "

" All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. "

" When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. "

" Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. "

" There is no harm in repeating a good thing. "

" Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. "

" Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. "

" Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. "

" Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety. "