Courage is knowing what not to fear.
PLATOMusical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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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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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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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.
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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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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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