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.
PLATOWhen men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
More Plato Quotes
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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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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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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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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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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