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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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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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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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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