Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
PLATODeath is not the worst that can happen to men.
More Plato Quotes
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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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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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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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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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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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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