Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.
Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent
He was a wise man who invented beer.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living.
The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth. . .He whose desires are drawn toward knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul, and will hardly feel bodily pleasures- -I mean, if he be a true philosopher and not a sham one. . .Then how can he who has the magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all times and all existence, think much of human life He cannot. Or can such a one account death fearful No indeed.
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death
I shall assume that your silence gives consent
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them then he is always stirring up some wary or other in order that the people may require a leader.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
Pleasure is the bait of sin.
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
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