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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.

Plato

The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Character Man Measure One Liner Power
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
The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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Arrive Bliss Dwell Flight Forever Invisible Paradise Soul World
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Courage Fear One Liner
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
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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Excess Individual Liberty Slavery State
The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Government Inferior Penalty Politics Rule Yourself
At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Love One Liner Poetry Romantic
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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Freedom Knowledge Ourself Seek
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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Action Bad Finding Goodness Law People Responsiblity
Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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One Liner Poetry Soul Writing
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
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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History Poetry Truth Writing
But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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One Liner Truth Victory
Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Deceive Life One Liner Relationship
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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Gain Honor Love Lover Men Wisdom

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