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.
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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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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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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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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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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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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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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