False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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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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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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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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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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There is truth in wine and children.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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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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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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