Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOThe first and best victory is to conquer self.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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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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