Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
PLATOMusical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
PLATOThe price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOPeople 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.
PLATOHuman behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
PLATODo 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.
PLATONo one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
PLATOPhilosophy is the highest music.
PLATOA house that has a library in it has a soul.
PLATOWise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
PLATOAt the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
PLATOThose who tell the stories rule society.
PLATOHe who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
PLATOThere is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
PLATOThe measure of a man is what he does with power.
PLATOLove is the pursuit of the whole.
PLATOYou should not honor men more than truth.
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