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.
PLATOOf all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
More Plato Quotes
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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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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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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