Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the c…

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Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil. ✨ Plato (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Plato (Illustrated), p.974, Delphi Classics
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Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil. ✨ Plato (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Plato (Illustrated), p.974, Delphi Classics

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