Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PLATOLove is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
More Plato Quotes
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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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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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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