Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
PLATOHe feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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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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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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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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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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