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Many are the noble words in which poets speak concerning the actions of men; but like yourself when speaking about Homer, they do not speak of them by any rules of art: they are simply inspired to utter that to which the Muse impels them, and that only; and when inspired, one of them will make dithyrambs, another hymns of praise, another choral strains, another epic or iambic verses- and he who is good at one is not good any other kind of verse: for not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine.
Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.
Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.
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It would be better for me ... that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.
There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.
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.
Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the action in which they are concerned.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
Take a look around, then, and see that none of the uninitiated are listening. Now by the uninitiated I mean the people who believe in nothing but what they can grasp in their hands, and who will not allow that action or generation or anything invisible can have real existence.
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
