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You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul.
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Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
Plato
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Let him take heart who does advance, even in the smallest degree.
Plato -
Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.
Plato -
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
Plato -
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
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You ought not to heal the body without the soul, for this is the great error of our day in treating the human body.
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Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
Plato
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Philosophy is the highest music.
Plato -
When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.
Plato -
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.
Plato -
We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.
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Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.
Plato
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Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
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The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.
Plato -
That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.
Plato -
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Plato -
There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
Plato -
Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.
Plato
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As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves.
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Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.
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But tell me, this physician of whom you were just speaking, is he a moneymaker, an earner of fees, or a healer of the sick?
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And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment.
Plato