When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
PLATOPoetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
More Plato Quotes
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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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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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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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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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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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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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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