Quote 15: 'Make sure that the city is neither small nor seemingly great, but sufficient and one.' Book 4, pg. Quote 14: 'Variety in poetry breeds self-indulgence in gymnastics, disease: simplicity there puts temperance in the soul here it puts health in the body.' Book 3, pg. Quote 13: 'No serious friendship should give even the appearance of going beyond that, to avoid reproaches of lack of education and taste.' Book 3, pg. Quote 12: 'The gods shall not be misrepresented as sorcerers who change their shapes or as liars who mislead us in word or deed.' Book 2, pg. Quote 11: 'God is the cause only of good.' Book 2, pg.

Quote 10: 'To become a good guardian, a man must be by nature fast, strong, and a spirited philosopher.' Book 2, pg. Quote 9: 'The unjust man enjoys life better than the just' Book 2, pg. Quote 8: 'Justice is practiced only under compulsion, as someone else's good - not our own.' Book 2, pg. Quote 7: 'The arduous things that ought to be shunned for themselves but pursued for profit and a reputation based on appearance.' Book 2, pg. Quote 6: 'It concerns the way we ought to live.' Book 1, pg. Quote 5: 'What sort of thing is justice compared with injustice?' Book 1, pg. Quote 4: that 'a just man tries to get the better of his unlike, but not of his like and unjust man tries to get the better of both.' Book 1, pg. Quote 3: 'No knowledge considers or prescribes for the advantage of the stronger, but for that of the weaker, which it rules' Book 1, pg. Quote 2: 'It keeps him from having to leave life in the fear of owing debts to men or sacrifices to the gods.' Book 1, pg.

Quote 1: 'Age isn't easy for a good man if he's poor, nor will a bad man ever be cheerful with himself even if he's rich.' Book 1, pg.

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