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.
PLATOIgnorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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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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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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