Philosophy is the highest music.
PLATOHumans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
More Plato Quotes
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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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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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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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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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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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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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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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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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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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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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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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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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