Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
PLATOEither 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.
More Plato Quotes
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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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 too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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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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You should not honor men more than truth.
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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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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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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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Ideas are the source of all things.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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