Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
PLATODeath is not the worst that can happen to men.
More Plato Quotes
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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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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He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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