No human thing is of serious importance.
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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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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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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