Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
PLATOBodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
More Plato Quotes
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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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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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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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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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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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Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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