He was a wise man who invented God.
PLATOGood people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
More Plato Quotes
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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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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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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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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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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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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I 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.
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Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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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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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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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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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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