Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
PLATOThe 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.
More Plato Quotes
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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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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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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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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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Time is the moving image of reality.
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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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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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