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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.

Plato

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Dumb Engage Government Politics Punishment Smart
He was a wise man who invented God.
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God Invention Religion Wisdom Wise
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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Die Dirty Grow Help Nourish People Person
Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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Freedom Knowledge Ourself Seek
You should not honor men more than truth.
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Honesty Honor Men One Liner Truth
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.
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Door God Life Man Patience Prison Wait
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Blessing Greatness Heaven Love Madness One Liner
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
We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Direction Except Hands People Satisfaction Selfish Time Want
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Believe Criticism Men One Liner Speak
Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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Beautiful Business Deep One Liner Struggle Success
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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Adopt Character Depend Happiness Himself Live Man Moderation Planning Wisdom
But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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One Liner Truth Victory
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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Angry Help Lesson Patience Person
No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Bad Himself Man Peace Wealth
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Animal Boy Funny Manage Youth

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