Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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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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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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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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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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You should not honor men more than truth.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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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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Ideas are the source of all things.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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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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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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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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