The first and best victory is to conquer self.
PLATOAll learning has an emotional base.
More Plato Quotes
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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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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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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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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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