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In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the ha...more

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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 a...more

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Philosophy is the highest music.

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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

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Ideas are the source of all things

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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. ...more

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Time is the moving image of eternity.

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Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quic...more

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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

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Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.

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Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.

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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.