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The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Plato

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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Alone Believe Culture Inspirational Shadow Understand
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Action Goodness Inspirational Ourself Strength
One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Ending Government Inferior Participate Penalty Politics Refuse
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Dead Deep Healing Lesson One Liner War
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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Children Education Effective Kind Play
If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Affection Exclusion Feeling Love Man
All learning has an emotional base.
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Emotional Healing Learning Life One Liner
Ideas are the source of all things.
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Ideas Imagination Knowledge Life One Liner Wisdom
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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Alive Humour Man Wisdom Wise
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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Change Danger Fundamental Law Music State
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Courage Inspirational Kindness Progress Success
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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Instrument Music Place Rhythm Soul Training
At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Love One Liner Poetry Romantic
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Evil Infect Negative Rumors Soul
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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Art Children Learning Music Philosophy Science Teaching
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Dumb Engage Government Politics Punishment Smart

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