Plato Quotes
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. . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded. . . .
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God forever geometrizes.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil.
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You want to know whether I can make a long speech, such as you are in the habit of hearing; but that is not my way.
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All learning is in the learner, not the teacher.
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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It would be better for me … that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.
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As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.
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I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.
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May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me.
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Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign to dwell.
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Thus does the Muse herself move men divinely inspired, and through them thus inspired a Chain hangs together of others inspired divinely likewise.
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No attempt of curing the body should be made without curing the soul.
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It behooves those who take the young to task to leave them room for excuse, lest they drive them to be hardened by too much rebuke.
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It is beautiful to wish to add another's light to your own.
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And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will be more frequent opportunities to sleep with a woman; this will give us a pretext for ensuring that most of our children are born of that parent.
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The doctors will treat those of your citizens whose physical and psychological constitution is good: as for the others, they will leave the unhealthy to die and those whose psychological constitution is incurably warped they will be put to death.
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What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.
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When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.