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They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.”
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“There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”
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“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.”
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“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.”
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