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.
PLATOIf 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.
More Plato Quotes
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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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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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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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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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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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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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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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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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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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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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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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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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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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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