Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PLATOBe kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
More Plato Quotes
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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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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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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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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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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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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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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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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Ideas are the source of all things.
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The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself.
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All learning has an emotional base.
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