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Plato quotes: Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know. Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
Plato quotes: Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable. Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
Plato quotes: Behold, he said, the wisdom of Socrates; he refuses to teach himself, and goes about learning of others, to whom he never even says Thank you. Behold, he said, the wisdom of Socrates; he refuses to teach himself, and goes about learning of others, to whom he never even says Thank you.
Plato quotes: And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst? And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?
Plato quotes: Of the Greek authors who at the Renaissance brought a new life into the world Plato has had the greatest influence. Of the Greek authors who at the Renaissance brought a new life into the world Plato has had the greatest influence.
Plato quotes: Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy. Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy.
Plato quotes: Knowledge is the rediscovering of our own insight. Knowledge is the rediscovering of our own insight.
Plato quotes: Your dog is your only philosopher. Your dog is your only philosopher.
Plato quotes: Thinking: The talking of the soul with itself Thinking: The talking of the soul with itself
Plato quotes: Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts. Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.
Plato quotes: Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human. Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.
Plato quotes: a human being is the measure of all things. of the things that are, that they are, and of things that are not, that they are not. a human being is the measure of all things. of the things that are, that they are, and of things that are not, that they are not.
Plato quotes: Since then, as philosophers prove, appearance tyrannizes over truth and is lord of happiness, to appearance I must devote myself. Since then, as philosophers prove, appearance tyrannizes over truth and is lord of happiness, to appearance I must devote myself.
Plato quotes: In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.
Plato quotes: We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body. We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body.
Plato quotes: I grow impatient at the length of your exordium. I grow impatient at the length of your exordium.
Plato quotes: Arguments derived from probabilities are idle. Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.
Plato quotes: The greater part of instruction is being reminded of things you already know. The greater part of instruction is being reminded of things you already know.
Plato quotes: He could not harm me, for I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse He could not harm me, for I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse
Plato quotes: Geometry existed before creation. Geometry existed before creation.
Plato quotes: You wouldn't know him if I told you the name. HIPPIAS: But I know right now he's an ignoramus. You wouldn't know him if I told you the name. HIPPIAS: But I know right now he's an ignoramus.
Plato quotes: Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies? Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
Plato quotes: God is truth and light his shadow. God is truth and light his shadow.
Plato quotes: So the well educated man can learn to sing and dance well. So the well educated man can learn to sing and dance well.
Plato quotes: Our need will be the real creator. Our need will be the real creator.
Plato quotes: Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life. Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life.
Plato quotes: When the music changes, the walls of the city shake. When the music changes, the walls of the city shake.
Plato quotes: He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act
Plato quotes: Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
Plato quotes: The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.
Plato quotes: All men, well interrogated, answer well. All men, well interrogated, answer well.
Plato quotes: If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection
Plato quotes: The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Plato quotes: All learning is in the learner, not the teacher. All learning is in the learner, not the teacher.
Plato quotes: All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate. All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate.
Plato quotes: It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.
Plato quotes: The most important stage of any enterprise is the beginning. The most important stage of any enterprise is the beginning.
Plato quotes: No one ever dies an atheist ... No one ever dies an atheist ...
Plato quotes: Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality. Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality.
Plato quotes: Nothing ever is, everything is becoming. Nothing ever is, everything is becoming.
Plato quotes: To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed. To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
Plato quotes: Those who reproach injustice do so because they are afraid not of doing it but of suffering it. Those who reproach injustice do so because they are afraid not of doing it but of suffering it.
Plato quotes: What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play. What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.
Plato quotes: And what do you say of lovers of wine ... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine And what do you say of lovers of wine ... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine
Plato quotes: There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink. There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.
Plato quotes: The most famous of them all was the overthrow of the island of Atlantis. The most famous of them all was the overthrow of the island of Atlantis.
Plato quotes: To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat. To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
Plato quotes: justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger. justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger.
Plato quotes: Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically. Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically.
Plato quotes: From all these, then, they will be finally free, and they will live a happier life than that men count most happy, the life of victors at Olympia. From all these, then, they will be finally free, and they will live a happier life than that men count most happy, the life of victors at Olympia.
Plato quotes: There are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone. There are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.
Plato quotes: Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
Plato quotes: The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit. The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit.
Plato quotes: It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine. It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.
Plato quotes: Repetitions. The Greek is in places very ungrammatical and intractable. Repetitions. The Greek is in places very ungrammatical and intractable.
Plato quotes: Knowledge is true opinion. Knowledge is true opinion.
Plato quotes: In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell. In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.
Plato quotes: Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom to know what is known and what is unknown to us? Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom
to know what is known and what is unknown to us?
Plato quotes: Democracy ... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. Democracy ... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Plato quotes: I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning
Plato quotes: Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this. Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.
Plato quotes: Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences. Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
Plato quotes: The measure of a man is what he does with power. The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Plato quotes: Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Plato quotes: The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Plato quotes: If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake. If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.
Plato quotes: He who is a useful keeper of anything is also a better thief. He who is a useful keeper of anything is also a better thief.
Plato quotes: Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it. Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.
Plato quotes: Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality. Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
Plato quotes: States are as the men, they grow out of human characters. States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
Plato quotes: When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness. When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness.
Plato quotes: The first and best victory is to conquer self The first and best victory is to conquer self
Plato quotes: If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul. If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul.
Plato quotes: We become what we contemplate. We become what we contemplate.
Plato quotes: No reproach for a person willing to give honorable service in the passion to become wise. No reproach for a person willing to give honorable service in the passion to become wise.
Plato quotes: He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
Plato quotes: The prison of lust is just that very one of which the soul shuts the doors upon herself; for each act of indulgence is the shooting of a fresh bolt. The prison of lust is just that very one of which the soul shuts the doors upon herself; for each act of indulgence is the shooting of a fresh bolt.
Plato quotes: To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories. To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.
Plato quotes: For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet
Plato quotes: Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul
Plato quotes: He who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself. He who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself.
Plato quotes: Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
Plato quotes: Necessity is literally the mother of invention. Necessity is literally the mother of invention.
Plato quotes: States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers. States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.
Plato quotes: We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell. We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.
Plato quotes: When I kiss Agathon my soul is on my lips, where it comes, poor thing, hoping to cross over. When I kiss Agathon my soul is on my lips, where it comes, poor thing, hoping to cross over.
Plato quotes: Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
Plato quotes: Ignorance: the root of all evil. Ignorance: the root of all evil.
Plato quotes: Fly from the company of the wickedfly and turn not back. Fly from the company of the wicked
fly and turn not back.
Plato quotes: Science is nothing but perception. Science is nothing but perception.
Plato quotes: Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good. Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.
Plato quotes: Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own. Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.
Plato quotes: No human thing is of serious importance. No human thing is of serious importance.
Plato quotes: It is beautiful to wish to add another's light to your own. It is beautiful to wish to add another's light to your own.
Plato quotes: Are not they temperate from a kind of intemperance? Are not they temperate from a kind of intemperance?
Plato quotes: The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals
Plato quotes: 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 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
Plato quotes: Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man. Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.
Plato quotes: The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Plato quotes: The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

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