Plato Quotes
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Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any one be profited if, under the influence of money or power, he neglect justice and virtue?
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Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.
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The good are like one another, and friends to one another; and ... the bad, as is often said of them, are never at unity with one another or with themselves, but are passionate and restless: and that which is at variance and enmity with itself is not likely to be in union or harmony with any other thing.
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I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power.
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A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only to consider whether in doing anything he or she is doing right or wrong- acting the part of a good person or a bad person.
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Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.
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The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
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Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.
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There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and there inspiring frenzy, awakens lyric... But he, who, not being inspired and having no touch of madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks he will get into the temple by the help of art - he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man is nowhere at all when he enters into rivalry with the madman.
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People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.
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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
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Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
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God is a geometrician.
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.
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For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other men, on whose good or evil actions his own doings are compelled to hinge,--such a one, I say, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation; this is the man of manly character and of wisdom.
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For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not to himself. Nor does beauty and strength of body, when dwelling in a base and cowardly man, appear comely, but the reverse of comely, making the possessor more conspicuous, and manifesting forth his cowardice.
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
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I have good hope that there is something after death.
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For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.
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God is not the author of all things, but of good only.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
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I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the foundation, and from these truths to choose the most beautiful things and arrange them in the most elegant way; and I was quite proud to think how well I should speak, because I believed that I knew the truth.
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Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk.