The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
PLATOThere are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
More Plato Quotes
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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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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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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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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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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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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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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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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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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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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 hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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