"Those having torches will pass them on..." - Quote by Plato
Those having torches will pass them on to others.
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“Cooking is a form of flattery....a mischievous, deceitful, mean and ignoble activity, which cheats us by shapes and colors, by smoothing and draping.”
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“We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists”
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“My enemies make appointments at my tomb.”
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“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.”
“Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.”
“It is the last lesson of modern science, that the highest simplicity of structure is produced, not by few elements, but by the highest complexity.”