Time is the moving image of reality.
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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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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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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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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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 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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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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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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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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