The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age,...

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age,...

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...

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

Justice is having and doing what is one's own

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Even the gods love jokes.

Even the gods love jokes.

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,...

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

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...

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.