"One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay."
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"All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate."
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"In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak."
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"Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up."
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"Just as things in a picture, when viewed from a distance, appear to be all in one and the same condition and alike."
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"Even the good artisans fell into the same error as the poets; because they were good workmen they thought that they also knew all sorts of high matters, and this defect in them overshadowed their wisdom."
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"It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is meet that we should plume ourselves rather on acting the part of a servant properly than that of the master, first, towards the laws, (for in this way we are servants of the gods), and next, towards our elders."
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"'But surely "blind" is just how you would describe men who have no true knowledge of reality, and no clear standard in their mind to refer to, as a painter refers to his model, and which they can study closely before they start laying down rules about what is fair or right or good where they are needed, or maintaining, as Guardians, any rules that already exist.' 'Yes, blind is just about what they are'"
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"The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned."
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"Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil."
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"Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind with itself without spoken sound."
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"It is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible."
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"The poets are nothing but interpreters of the gods, each one possessed by the divinity to whom he is in bondage."
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"We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most."
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"Education is the constraining and directing of youth towards that right reason, which the law affirms, and which the experience of the best of our elders has agreed to be truly right."
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"Fly from the company of the wicked--fly and turn not back."
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"To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible."
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"Friends should have all things in common."
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"To do injustice is the greatest of all evils."
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"I will prove by my life that my critics are liars."
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