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.
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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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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.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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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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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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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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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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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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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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