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Platon
 Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of truth, for then he can be trusted |
| We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell |
| We are twice armed if we fight with faith. |
| We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. |
| We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue. |
| We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise. |
| Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent |
| Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. |
| What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose |
| What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose |
| Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. |
| When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. |
| When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. |
| When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. |
| When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. |
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Proverb (1469544 st) Search
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Toplists (6 st)
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