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.
PLATOGood people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
More Plato Quotes
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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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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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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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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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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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 the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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