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Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quic...more

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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

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Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.

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Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.

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

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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with...more

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Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

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For to fear death, men, is in fact nothing other than to seem to be wise, but not to be so. For it is to seem to know what one does not know: no one k...more

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I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has ...more

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Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally ignorant – do not beli...more

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As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.

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Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.

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let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.

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If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.