He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
PLATOThe first and best victory is to conquer self.
More Plato Quotes
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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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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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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He was a wise man who invented God.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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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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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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