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- Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
- Hence it is from the representation of things spoken by means of posture and gesture that the whole of the art of dance has been…
- The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which…
- The judge should not be young, he should have learned to know evil, not from his own soul, but from late and long observation of…
- The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all…
- Those who have a natural talent for calculation are generally quick-witted at every other kind of knowledge; and even the dull, if they have had…
- Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality.
- We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far…
- Too much attention to health is a hindrance to learning, to invention, and to studies of any kind, for we are always feeling suspicious shootings…
- In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still…
- That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a long time in…
- Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet…
- And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and…
- Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.
- Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
- And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who…
- Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others…
- A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness…
- Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.
- Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true…
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