Plato Quotes
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God is truth and light his shadow.
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For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means?
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The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.
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I know nothing more worthy of a man's ambition than that his son be the best of men.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Any peace is better than any war.
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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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Socrates: The shoemaker, for example, uses a square tool, and a circular tool, and other tools for cutting?
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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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Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.
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Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.
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It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.
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The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
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Music then is simply the result of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony.
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He who love touches walks not in darkness.
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Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals.
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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise him; and let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
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The power of the Good has taken refuge in the nature of the Beautiful.
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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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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 life which is not examined is not worth living.
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A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.