The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
PLATOWhen men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
More Plato Quotes
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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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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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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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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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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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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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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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 price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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