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Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

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Ideas are the source of all things

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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. ...more

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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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Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

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

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Can I by justice or by crooked ways of deceit ascend a loftier tower which may he a fortress to me all my days? For what men say is that, if I am real...more

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Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

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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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Rather I think that a man who ... is willing ... to value learning as long as he lives, not supposing that old age brings him wisdom of itself, will n...more

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the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledg...more

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O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with wha...more

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...in the running of cities, virtually nothing is done by anyone that is conducive to political health, nor is there a single ally with whom one might...more

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Then as for those who gaze upon many beautiful things but don't see the beautiful itself, and aren't even capable of following someone else who leads ...more

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[W]hen men have both done and suffered injustice and have had experience of both, not being able to avoid the one and obtain the other, they think tha...more