The measure of a man is what he does with power.
PLATOThere is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
More Plato Quotes
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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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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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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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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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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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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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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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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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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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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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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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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