The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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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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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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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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All learning has an emotional base.
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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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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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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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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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