He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
PLATOBodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
More Plato Quotes
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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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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Love is a serious mental disease.
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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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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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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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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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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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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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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