Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
PLATOBodily 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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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 heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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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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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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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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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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