Man is a being in search of meaning.
PLATOThe 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 are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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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 object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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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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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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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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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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