Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
PLATOI would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
More Plato Quotes
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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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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All learning has an emotional base.
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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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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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People 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.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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