Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
PLATOThere are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
More Plato Quotes
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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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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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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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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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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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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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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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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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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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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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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