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I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

~Plato

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The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.

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It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

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The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

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Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

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Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

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Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.

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Man - a being in search of meaning.

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Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

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