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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
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The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
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The greatest penalty of evildoing - namely, to grow into the likeness of bad men.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Theatetus
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Theatetus
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[When asked what was the proper time for supper] If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.: Diogenes the Cynic (412 BC - 323 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
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Hope is a waking dream.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
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