Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
PLATOExcess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
More Plato Quotes
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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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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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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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He was a wise man who invented God.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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