Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
PLATOA life without investigation is not worth living.
More Plato Quotes
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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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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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Love 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.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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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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Character is simply habit long continued.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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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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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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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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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.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
PLATO