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.
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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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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A 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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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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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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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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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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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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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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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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He was a wise man who invented God.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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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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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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