Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
PLATONever discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
More Plato Quotes
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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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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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There is truth in wine and children.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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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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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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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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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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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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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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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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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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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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