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.
PLATOEverything that deceives may be said to enchant.
More Plato Quotes
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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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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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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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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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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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