Plato Quotes
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When two friends are in the mood to chat, we have to go about it in a gentler and more dialectical way. By 'more dialectical,' I mean not only that we give real responses, but that we base our responses solely on what the interlocutor admits that he himself knows.
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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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...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.
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Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk.
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Socrates: The shoemaker, for example, uses a square tool, and a circular tool, and other tools for cutting?
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I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive.
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Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.
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The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
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There is yet something remaining for the dead, and some far better thing for the good than for the evil.
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In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is not full authority for laws but rather full authority for a man who understands the art of kingship and has kingly ability.
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Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life.
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Do thine own work, and know thyself.
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Man was not made for himself alone.
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The wrong use of a thing is far worse than the non-use.
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But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so as to disgrace him.
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God is truth and light his shadow.
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.
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Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
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A drunkard is unprofitable for any kind of good service.
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Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.
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Pepper is small in quantity and great in virtue.
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The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
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What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.