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

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

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

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.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

Man - a being in search of meaning.

Man - a being in search of meaning.

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,...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

The good is the beautiful.

The good is the beautiful.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

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...

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 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.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain