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The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Knowledge is true opinion.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

The wisest have the most authority.

Your silence gives consent.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.