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Poetry comes nearer to vital

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
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Man...is a tame or civilized

Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.
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If one has made a

If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.
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The punishment which the wise

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men.
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Wise men talk because they

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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For this invention of yours

For this invention of yours will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn it, by causing them to neglect their memory, inasmuch as, from their confidence in writing, they will recollect by the external aid of foreign symbols, and not by the internal use of their own faculties. Your discovery, therefore, is a medicine not for memory, but for recollection-for recalling to, not for keeping in mind.
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Knowledge is true opinion.

Knowledge is true opinion.
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...Then anyone who leaves behind

...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded...
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But, my dearest Agathon, it

But, my dearest Agathon, it is truth which you cannot contradict; you can without any difficulty contradict Socrates.
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A good decision is based

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
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