

“There is a victory and defeat, the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats, which each man gains or sustains at the hands, not of another, but of himself.”
Traced to Laws.
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“Thinking that one knows a thing when one does not know it, through this all the mistakes of the mind are caused in all of us.”
Plato
Sophist
verified“Grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich.”
Plato
Phaedrus
verified“Knowledge is the food of the soul.”
Plato
Protagoras
verified“Pleasure is the bait of sin.”
Plato
Timaeus
verified“Neither family, nor privilege, nor wealth, nor anything but Love can light that beacon which a man must steer by when he sets out to live the better life.”
Plato
The Symposium
verified“The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.”
Plato
Phaedrus
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“Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life.”
Helen Keller
The Simplest Way to be Happy · 1933
verified“The highest result of education is tolerance.”
Helen Keller
Optimism · 1903
verified“Example is the best lesson there is.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Tomorrow Is Now · 1963
verified“Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
My Day · 1944
verified“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Voice of America broadcast · 1951
verified“In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
You Learn by Living · 1960
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