He was a wise man who invented God.
PLATOWe 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.
More Plato Quotes
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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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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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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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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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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