An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
PLATOMusical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
More Plato Quotes
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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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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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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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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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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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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