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" The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort. "
Plato
Me
Always
Action
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" They certainly give very strange names to diseases. "
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" Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. "
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" Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. "
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" He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. "
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Everyone
Love
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Everybody
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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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Said
Soul
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" We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise. "
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Wise
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Legal
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Govern
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