Ideas are the source of all things.
PLATOIgnorance, the root and stem of every evil.
More Plato Quotes
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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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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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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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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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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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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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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