No human thing is of serious importance.
PLATODo 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.
More Plato Quotes
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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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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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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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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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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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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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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