The 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.
PLATOHe feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
More Plato Quotes
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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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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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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