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Those who reproach injustice do so because they are afraid not of doing it but of suffering it. - Republic [Injustice] Those having lamps will pass them on to others. - Republic (328) [Light] Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand. - The Republic (bk. II, sec. V) [Poets] Love will make men dare to die for their beloved--love alone; and women as well as men. - The Symposium [Love] Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this. - Theoetetus (XXXII), (Cary's translation) [Wonder] Would that I were the heaven, that I might be All full of love-lit eyes to gaze on thee. - To Stella, in "Anthologia Plata", vol. V, p. 317 [Stars] Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city. - Works (vol. III, The Phaedrus) [Cities] Displaying page 4 of 4 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 [4]
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