Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
PLATOPoets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
More Plato Quotes
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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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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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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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Ideas are the source of all things.
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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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 greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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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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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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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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Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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