Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent

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Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

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,...

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

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...

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...

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

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.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

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...

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

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,...

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

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...

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.