Knowledge is the food of the soul.
PLATOPoetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
More Plato Quotes
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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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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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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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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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