There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
PLATOWhen men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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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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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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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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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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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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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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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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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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