Excellent things are rare.

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Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much,...

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much,...

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to...

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to...

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till...

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till...

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.