Love is the pursuit of the whole.
PLATOYou should not honor men more than truth.
More Plato Quotes
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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.
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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 measure of a man is what he does with power.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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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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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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I’m trying to think, don’t confuse me with facts.
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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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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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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
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At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Ideas are the source of all things.
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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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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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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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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
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