He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
PLATOThere are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
More Plato Quotes
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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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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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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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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I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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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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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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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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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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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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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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