Plato Quotes
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Any peace is better than any war.
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Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
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Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
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No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul.
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I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.
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The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch.
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Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wise to be rich, and may I have such riches as only a person of self-restraint can bear or endure.
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Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.
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Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
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He who love touches walks not in darkness.
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The wrong use of a thing is far worse than the non-use.
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Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.
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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
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In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still capable of it? to which he replied, Hush! if you please: to my great delight I have escaped from it, and feel as if I had escaped from a frantic and savage master. I thought then, as I do now, that he spoke wisely. For unquestionably old age brings us profound repose and freedom from this and other passions.
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
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Lust is inseparably accompanied with the troubling of all order, with impudence, unseemliness, sloth, and dissoluteness.
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Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals.
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Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.