Plato quotes - page 10

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. (Plato)
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. View quote
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Democracy does not contain any force which will check the constant tendency to put more and more on the public payroll. The state is like a hive of bees in which the drones display, multiply and starve the workers so the idlers will consume the food and the workers will perish. [citation needed]. View quote
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The first and the best victory is to conquer self. View quote
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. View quote
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself! View quote
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If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake. View quote
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Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. View quote
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I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with. View quote
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If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility. View quote
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The seen is the changing, the unseen is the unchanging. (Plato)
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. View quote
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All wars are fought for the sake of getting money. View quote
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity. View quote
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The life which is unexamined is not worth living. View quote
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In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one. View quote
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People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't. View quote
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The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live. View quote
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Self conquest is the greatest of victories. View quote
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The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful. View quote
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Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul. (Plato)
Arguments derived from probabilities are idle. View quote
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Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wise to be rich, and may I have such riches as only a person of self-restraint can bear or endure. View quote
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God is truth and light his shadow. View quote
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For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation. View quote
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