Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PLATOMan is a being in search of meaning.
More Plato Quotes
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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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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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
PLATO -
Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATO