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At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

~Plato

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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

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Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

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Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

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The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

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He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

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