Those who tell the stories rule society.
PLATOWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
More Plato Quotes
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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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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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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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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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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Do 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.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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