False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
PLATOThe philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
More Plato Quotes
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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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Time is the moving image of reality.
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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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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
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