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Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul
Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.
The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
Train children not by compulsion but as if they were playing.
Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul.
Mathematics is the language in which the gods talk to people.
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
He seemeth to be most ignorant that trusteth most to his wit.
...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.
Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.
The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.
From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.
Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.
Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.
Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
Integrity is your destiny-it is the light that guides your way.
All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate.
In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.
The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit.
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education.
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death.
Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.
There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them
A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well.
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.
I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.
No one is so cowardly that Love could not inspire him to heroism.
What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.
A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers.
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being
That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.
Let him take heart who does advance, even in the smallest degree.
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.
Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
I shall never alter my ways, not even if I have to die many times.
Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
In order to be a good soldier it is necessary to know how to dance.
The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
All who do evil and dishonorable things do them against their will.