The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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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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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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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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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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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 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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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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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.
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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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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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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