Plato Quotes
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Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.
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Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
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True friendship can exist only between equals.
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... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the direction of the whole.
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. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.
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And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.
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How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles - are you still the man you were?" he replied, "Peace, most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master."
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The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second, the only difference between men and women is one of physical function- one begets, the other bears children. Apart from that, they both can and should perform the same functions - though men on a whole, perform them better and should receive the same education to enable them to do so; for in this way society will get the best value from both.
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My love, Alcibiades, which I hardly like to confess, would long ago have passed away, as I flatter myself, if I saw you loving your good things, or thinking that you ought to pass life in the enjoyment of them.
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The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there: Then looking up and round the prospect wide, When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.
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Geometry existed before creation.
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Where love reigns, there's no need for laws.
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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
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States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.
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Those wretches who never have experienced the sweets of wisdom and virtue, but spend all their time in revels and debauches, sink downward day after day, and make their whole life one continued series of errors.
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There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive.
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Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.
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Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the way of human happiness.
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There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them.
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If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others.
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Before all it's necessary to look after the Soul, if you want the head and the rest of the body to function correctly.
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If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.