No human thing is of serious importance.
PLATOA house that has a library in it has a soul.
More Plato Quotes
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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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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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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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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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
PLATO