We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
PLATODeath is not the worst that can happen to men.
More Plato Quotes
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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 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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All learning has an emotional base.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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