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The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.
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The soul is like a pair of winged horses and a charioteer joined in natural union.
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Excellent things are rare.
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The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.
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The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.
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All thought begins with the recognition that something is out of place.
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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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Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest, but that all seek the good of their patients? For we have agreed that a physician strictly so called, is a ruler of bodies, and not a maker of money, have we not?
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.
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The cure of many diseases is unknown to physicians because they are ignorant of the whole... For the part can never be well unless the whole is well.
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He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
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Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.
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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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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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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.
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Pleasure is the bait of sin.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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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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Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.
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Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.
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When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness.
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The soul should concentrate itself by itself.