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No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.


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PLATO He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
PLATO As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
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PLATO Courage is a kind of salvation.
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PLATO Love is a serious mental disease.
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PLATO When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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PLATO Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
PLATO Life must be lived as play.
PLATO Necessity... the mother of invention.
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