Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
PLATOThe object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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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. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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