Plato Quotes

To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent.

Plato

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• Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

  

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• Well it's not that I HATE them, but honestly if I saw two homeless people begging for money, one white and one black, and I only had one quarter... Well I'd probably keep it actually.

  

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• I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality.

  

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• To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent.

  

  Plato
  • May
  • Silence