Time is the moving image of reality.
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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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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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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Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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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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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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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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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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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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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
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We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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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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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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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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