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An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation.

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Plato
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Ancient Athens
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A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge.
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No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.
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Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act
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For when there are no words, it is very difficult to recognize the meaning of the harmony and rhythm, or to see any worldly object is imitated by them.
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He who is learning and learning and doesn't apply what he knows is like the one who is plowing and plowing and doesn't seed.
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He who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he turns out to be poor, is disgraced all the same: for he has done his best to show that he would give himself up to any one's uses base for the sake of money but this is not honourable.
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Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visible or tngible objects into the argument.
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Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle.
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When the music changes, the walls of the city shake.
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He who advises a sick man, whose manner of life is prejudicial to health, is clearly bound first of all to change his patient's manner of life.
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The soul should concentrate itself by itself.
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If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.
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He seemeth to be most ignorant that trusteth most to his wit.
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Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul
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The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.
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All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.
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