Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

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I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

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...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

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...

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

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

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

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

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear...

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear...

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

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

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

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

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