He was a wise man who invented God.
PLATOHuman behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
More Plato Quotes
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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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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All learning has an emotional base.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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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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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places 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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