Plato quotes - page 7

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return. (Plato)
The measure of a man is what he does with power. View quote
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This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are. View quote
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Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. View quote
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Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. View quote
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There is no harm in repeating a good thing. View quote
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Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. View quote
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Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. View quote
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Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. View quote
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Science is nothing but perception. View quote
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. (Plato)
When men speak ill of you, live so as nobody may believe them. View quote
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. View quote
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Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. View quote
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Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. View quote
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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. View quote
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All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. View quote
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Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. View quote
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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less. View quote
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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. View quote
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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. (Plato)
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. View quote
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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. View quote
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The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. View quote
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I shall assume that your silence gives consent. View quote
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