Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
From Plato
There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
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.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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