False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
PLATOEverything that deceives may be said to enchant.
More Plato Quotes
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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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 object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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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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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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