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.
PLATONever discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
More Plato Quotes
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There is truth in wine and children.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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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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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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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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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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