For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them
Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
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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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All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
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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. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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Arguments, like men are often pretenders
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
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The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong way
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Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could hardly find a better than that which the experience of the past has already discovered, which consists, I believe, in gymnastic, for the body, and music for the mind.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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