Plato quotes - page 12

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. (Plato)
There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them. View quote
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Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. View quote
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Whence comes war and fighting, and factions Whence but from the body and the lust of the body Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the same and service of the body. View quote
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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 hiom. View quote
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He whom love touches not walks in darkness. View quote
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Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness. View quote
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Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to the acknowledgement of a divine power. View quote
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Truth is its own reward. View quote
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Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it. View quote
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The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal. (Plato)
I have good hope that there is something after death. View quote
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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change with them. View quote
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There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who when danger is pressing in will not acknowledge the divine power. View quote
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated. View quote
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... Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded.... View quote
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That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless. View quote
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Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellowmen. View quote
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Let early education be a sort of amusement you will then be better able to find out the natural bent. View quote
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He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side. View quote
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Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and nature all decay. (Plato)
The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets. View quote
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What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose. View quote
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Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction. View quote
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The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion. View quote
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