There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
PLATOBe kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
More Plato Quotes
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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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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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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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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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