An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
PLATONothing beautiful without struggle.
More Plato Quotes
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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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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Time is the moving image of reality.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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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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Ideas are the source of all things.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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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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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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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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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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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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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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