Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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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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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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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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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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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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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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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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