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.
PLATOThose who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
More Plato Quotes
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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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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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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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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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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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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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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