Plato Quotes
No man's nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do what is best.Plato
Quotes to Explore
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I guess I had a suspicion of it my entire life without knowing exactly what it was – knowing that there was something different about me, which I attributed to being an artist. At 11 or 12 I started sort of clarifying for myself. It took a while.
Randy Harrison -
It seems to me that we often commit ourselves wholly to something while knowing almost nothing concrete about it. Another word for that, I suppose, is 'faith.'
Zadie Smith -
I love South Florida; this is where I am from, so I don't think there is anything more rewarding than knowing that where you grew up is standing behind you and supporting you.
Bailee Madison -
The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.
Daniel Gilbert -
The turning point really is just knowing you're an imbecile.
Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran -
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
Harper Lee
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I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people as well, and I love the mystery of not knowing.
Sam Claflin -
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
Mark Twain -
Through all of youth I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for
W. S. Merwin -
Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me
W. S. Merwin -
Knowing reality is knowing that you can't lose it.
May Sinclair -
We two remake our world by naming it / Together, knowing what words mean for us / And for the other for whom current coin / Is cold speech - but we say, the tree, the pool, / And see the fire in the air, the sun, our sun, / Anybody's sun, the world's sun, but here, now / Particularly our sun.
A. S. Byatt
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I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.
Alan Alda -
She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down.
Zadie Smith -
We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations
Barack Obama -
I keep hearing tree talk water words and i keep knowing what they mean.
Lucille Clifton -
There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.
Oscar Wilde -
I've never been someone that was sort of blessed with an innate talent of just being able to do things. I had to work at it and learn from mistakes.
Eddie Redmayne