Necessity is the mother of invention.
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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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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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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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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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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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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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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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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