Character is simply habit long continued.
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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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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No human thing is of serious importance.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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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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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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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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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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