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It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.

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Consider how great is the encouragement which all the world gives to the lover; neither is he supposed to be doing anything dishonourable; but if he succeeds he is praised, and if he fail he is blamed.

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Virtue is voluntary, vice involuntary.

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

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Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

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For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes out of his mind and his intellect is no longer in him.

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A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well.

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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.

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Wealth and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

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In order to be a good soldier it is necessary to know how to dance.

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The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods.

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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

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If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails to too small a ship, too big meals to too small a body, too big powers to too small a soul - the result is bound to be a complete upset. In an outburst of hubris the overfed body will rush into sickness, while the jack-in-office will rush into the unrighteousness that hubris always breeds.

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Wine fills the heart with courage.

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Friends should have all things in common.

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Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.

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To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.

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Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

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The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth.

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No man should be angry with what is true.

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