An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
PLATOAn empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
PLATOLove is a serious mental disease.
PLATOBeauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
PLATONo human thing is of serious importance.
PLATOLove is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
PLATOMan is a being in search of meaning.
PLATOTime is the moving image of reality.
PLATOThose who tell the stories rule society.
PLATOBeauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
PLATOLove is the pursuit of the whole.
PLATOMan 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.
PLATONecessity is the mother of invention.
PLATOCharacter is simply habit long continued.
PLATOThe man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
PLATOBut Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
PLATOHe feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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