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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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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.

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Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.

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They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)

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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

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Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

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I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has ...more

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Rather I think that a man who ... is willing ... to value learning as long as he lives, not supposing that old age brings him wisdom of itself, will n...more

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the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledg...more

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O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with wha...more

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For, let me tell you that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me are the pleasure and charm of conversation.

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For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.

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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

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Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods, and def...more