Plato Quotes

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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Acquire Body Compulsion Education Exercise Knowledge Mind Obtain
A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Compassion Dog One Liner Soul
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Affair Difference Evil Goodness Men Pay Philosophy Price Public Rule
Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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Instrument Music Place Rhythm Soul Training
He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Action Country Dreamss Inspirational Patriotism Power Service Thinking
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Evil Infect Negative Rumors Soul
Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
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Deceive Life One Liner Relationship
At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Love One Liner Poetry Romantic
At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
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Love One Liner Poetry Romantic
Love is a serious mental disease.
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Break Up Depression Disease Love Mental One Liner Serious
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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Alive Humour Man Wisdom Wise
Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
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Excellence Genius Inspirational Intelligence Practice Skill
Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Death Die Immortal Philosophy Soul
Nothing beautiful without struggle.
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Beautiful Business Deep One Liner Struggle Success
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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Freedom Knowledge Ourself Seek
All learning has an emotional base.
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Emotional Healing Learning Life One Liner
Character is simply habit long continued.
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Character Habit Human One Liner
Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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Creation Duality Face Human Mask
Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Education Food Knowledge One Liner Soul
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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Affair Evil Men Politics Price Public Rule
An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
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Emptiness Greatness Inspirational Loud Sound Vessel
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
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Dead Deep Healing Lesson One Liner War
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Dumb Engage Government Politics Punishment Smart
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Courage Fear One Liner
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Beautiful Depend Fashion Goodness Harmony Rhythm Simplicity Style
Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Knowledge Learning Teaching
A life without investigation is not worth living.
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Investigation Life Live One Liner Worth

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