No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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 tell the stories rule society.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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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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