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.
PLATONo one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
More Plato Quotes
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
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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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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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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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But Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
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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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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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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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Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
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A life without investigation is not worth living.
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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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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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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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