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As it is, lovers of inquiry must follow their beloved wherever it may lead.
The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest.
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul.
Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.
The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine: A tenth is Sappho, maid divine.
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.
It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless
The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.
A State would be happy where philosophers were kings, or kings philosophers.
If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom.
Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.
There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.
Music then is simply the result of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony.
A written discourse on any subject is bound to contain much that is fanciful.
The greater part of instruction is being reminded of things you already know.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.
Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.
Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection
To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent.
Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.
The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality.
... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.
When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.
Madness is a divine release of the soul from the yoke of custom and convention.
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful.
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.
When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility.
The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods.
As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.