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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Plato

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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Children Education Effective Kind Play
A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Book House Library One Liner Soul
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Accomplishment Entrepreneur Hero Inspirational Man Wise
Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Excellence Genius Inspirational Intelligence Practice Skill
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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Acquire Body Compulsion Education Exercise Knowledge Mind Obtain
No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Bad Himself Man Peace Wealth
Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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Creation Duality Face Human Mask
But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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One Liner Truth Victory
At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Love One Liner Poetry Romantic
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Acquire Character Deal Divine Himself Philosophy Republic
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Compulsion Force Knowledge Mind
Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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Door God Life Man Patience Prison Wait
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
All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Attitude Extent Ignorance
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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Adopt Character Depend Happiness Himself Live Man Moderation Planning Wisdom
Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Death Die Immortal Philosophy Soul

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