An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
PLATOPoetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
More Plato Quotes
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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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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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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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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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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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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