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.
PLATOThe 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.
More Plato Quotes
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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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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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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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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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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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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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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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