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.
PLATOThe direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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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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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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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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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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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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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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