Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
PLATOWise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
PLATOPeople are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
PLATOWhen men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
PLATOThere are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
PLATOIf 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.
PLATOBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
PLATOMan is a being in search of meaning.
PLATOThe most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
PLATOThe direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
PLATOOf all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
PLATOThose who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOThe beginning is the most important part of the work.
PLATOThe price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOWe 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.
PLATOOne of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PLATOA hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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