Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
PLATOKnowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
More Plato Quotes
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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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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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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.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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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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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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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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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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