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

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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

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,...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

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,...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

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.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

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...

That amazing moment when a question on a test gives the answer on another question...

That amazing moment when a question on a test gives the answer on another question...

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...

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

The less you know, the sounder you sleep.

The less you know, the sounder you sleep.