Quotes
Quotes to inspire and reflect
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
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Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
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To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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The best of healers is good cheer.
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Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.
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The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
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A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
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The present will not long endure.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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The test of any man lies in action.
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Riches cover a multitude of woes.
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Bad company corrupts good character.
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'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'
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Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
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Culture makes all men gentle.
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The character of a man is known from his conversations.
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The man who runs may fight again.
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Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal.
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He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
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Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.
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Bigotry is the sacred disease.
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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Nature is wont to hide herself.
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