Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
PLATOThe price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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