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There is one way, then, in which a man can be free from all anxiety about the fate of his soul - if in life he has abandoned bodily pleasures and ador...more

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.. is there not one true coin for which all things ought to exchange?- and that is wisdom; and only in exchange for this, and in company with this, is...more

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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and th...more

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For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind ...more

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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.

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Do not trouble about those who practice philosophy, whether they are good or bad; but examine the thing itself well and carefully. And if philosophy a...more

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God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know...more

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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.