I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
PLATOKnowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
More Plato Quotes
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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