Life must be lived as play.
Plato
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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life play
The life which is unexamined is not worth living.
worth life living
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
learning knowledge ignorant
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
work
So as this only point among the rest remaineth sure and certain, namely, that nothing is certain.
rest
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
poet touch love
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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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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Pleasure is the bait of sin.
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Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust l
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Abstinence is the surety of temperance
abstinence
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