Plato Quotes
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There is a ... matter - much more valuable and divine than natural philosophy . ... On this matter I must speak to you in enigmas.
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It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.
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He seemeth to be most ignorant that trusteth most to his wit.
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All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.
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The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has in fact been followed throughout, the principle of one man one job, of minding one s own business , in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted and not interfering with other people.
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Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.
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When a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form, and the two are cast in one mould, that will be the fairest of sights to him who has the eye to contemplate the vision.
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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.
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Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.
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Man's greatest victory is over oneself.
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When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.
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This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.
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'That is the story. Do you think there is any way of making them believe it?' ' Not in the first generation', he said, 'but you might succeed with the second and later generations.'
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The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone was enough to make an artist... what that man creates by means of reason will pale before the art of inspired beings.
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All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.
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An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man.
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So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent class, which exercises authority over the rest. And the smallest class is the one which naturally possesses that form of knowledge which alone of all others deserves the title of wisdom.
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Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him.
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There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
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The physician, to the extent he is a physician, considers only the good of the patient in what he prescribes, and his own not at all.
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Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
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You can't do good if you don't feel good.