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

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No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

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...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not...

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole,...

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole,...

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox...

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding