He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
PLATOHe feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
More Plato Quotes
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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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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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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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Time is the moving image of reality.
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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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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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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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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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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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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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