All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
PLATOThe most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely 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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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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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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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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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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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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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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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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Time is the moving image of reality.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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