Necessity is the mother of invention.
PLATOThe price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
More Plato Quotes
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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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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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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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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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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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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