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> [And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty, using these steps only, and from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/and-the-true-order-of-going-or-being-led-by-another-to-the-things-of/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-solitary-knows-the-essence-of-the-thought-the-scholar-in-society/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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