The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
PLATOWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
More Plato Quotes
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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Philosophy is the highest music.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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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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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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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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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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