Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PLATOHe was a wise man who invented God.
More Plato Quotes
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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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 object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Writing is the geometry 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 first and best victory is to conquer self.
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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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