Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
PLATOThere are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
More Plato Quotes
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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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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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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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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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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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The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Love is a serious mental disease.
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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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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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