The measure of a man is what he does with power.
PLATOIdeas are the source of all things.
More Plato Quotes
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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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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There is truth in wine and children.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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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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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 whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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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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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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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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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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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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