There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
PLATOHonesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
More Plato Quotes
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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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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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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