Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PLATOBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
More Plato Quotes
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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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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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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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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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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