Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PLATOHumans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
More Plato Quotes
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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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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Do 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.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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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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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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