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.
PLATOTrue friendship can exist only between equals.
More Plato Quotes
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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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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