Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PLATOKnowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
More Plato Quotes
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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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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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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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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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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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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Love is a serious mental disease.
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