He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
PLATOBeauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
More Plato Quotes
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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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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Love is a serious mental disease.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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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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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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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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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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