Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
PLATOAll I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
More Plato Quotes
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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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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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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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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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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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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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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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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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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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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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