Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
PLATOHe who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
More Plato Quotes
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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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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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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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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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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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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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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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Either 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.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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