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Love is the pursuit of the whole.

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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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Afraid Children Darkness Fear Forgiveness Light Tragedy
A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Investigation Life Live One Liner Worth
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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Acquire Body Compulsion Education Exercise Knowledge Mind Obtain
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Compulsion Force Knowledge Mind
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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Dishonesty Honesty One Liner Profit Truth
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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Affection Exclusion Feeling Love Man
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Evil Infect Negative Rumors Soul
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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Action Bad Finding Goodness Law People Responsiblity
Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Education Food Knowledge One Liner Soul
At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Love One Liner Poetry Romantic
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Affair Evil Men Politics Price Public Rule
Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Knowledge Learning Teaching
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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Excess Individual Liberty Slavery State
One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Ending Government Inferior Participate Penalty Politics Refuse
I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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Art Children Learning Music Philosophy Science Teaching
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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Love is the pursuit of the whole.

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