Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
PLATOThe soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
More Plato Quotes
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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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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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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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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