"You cannot go into the same water twice."
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"Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul."
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"Excellent things are rare."
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"True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind, so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable."
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"To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less."
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"When there is crime in society, there is no justice."
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"That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed."
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"Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger."
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"A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction."
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"It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door."
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"Because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible."
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"I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict."
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"It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors."
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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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"Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil."
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"And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?"
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"Those who refuse to engage in politics will be led by their inferiors"
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"The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole."
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"I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows."
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"Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst."
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