Plato Quotes
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Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.
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'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'
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τὸν μὲν οὖν ποιητὴν καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντὸς εὑρεῖν τε ἔργον καὶ εὑρόντα εἰς πάντας ἀδύνατον λέγειν
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Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
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Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.
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Excellent things are rare.
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Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.
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The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.
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Arguments, like men, are often pretenders.
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They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.
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In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.
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Pleasure is the bait of sin.
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Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide, while the many natures who at present pursue either one exclusively are forcibly prevented from doing so, cities will have no rest from evils,... nor, I think, will the human race.
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Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
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...the Gods too love a joke.
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τοῖς μὲν οὖν τότε, ἅτε οὐκ οὖσι σοφοῖς ὥσπερ ὑμεῖς οἱ νέοι, ἀπέχρη δρυὸς καὶ πέτρας ἀκούειν ὑπ᾽ εὐηθείας, εἰ μόνον ἀληθῆ λέγοιεν: σοὶ δ᾽ ἴσως διαφέρει τίς ὁ λέγων καὶ ποδαπός.
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It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
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It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.
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Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
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Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.
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Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.
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I would fain grow old learning many things.
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.