Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
PLATOEverything that deceives may be said to enchant.
More Plato Quotes
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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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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He was a wise man who invented God.
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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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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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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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