Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
PLATONever discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
PLATOExcellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
PLATOOne of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PLATOThe price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
PLATOThe madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
PLATOWise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
PLATOHonesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
PLATOThe first and best victory is to conquer self.
PLATOBut Above all things truth beareth away the victory.
PLATOMusical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.
PLATONo man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
PLATOPoetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
PLATOLet the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
PLATOKnowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
PLATOHe was a wise man who invented God.
PLATOThose 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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