Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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The 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.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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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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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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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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