Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
PLATOAn empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
More Plato Quotes
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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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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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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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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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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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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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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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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He was a wise man who invented God.
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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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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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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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No human thing is of serious importance.
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