Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are...

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are...

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full...

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away,...

For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away,...

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

Excellent things are rare.

Excellent things are rare.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Abstinence makes the arm grow stronger.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Abstinence makes the arm grow stronger.

Abstinence is a perversion.

Abstinence is a perversion.