Plato
Quotations
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“I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.” -Plato
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“Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.” -Plato
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“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” -Plato
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“Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.” -Plato
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“Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.” -Plato
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“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” -Plato
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“He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.” -Plato
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” -Plato
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“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.” -Plato
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“Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.” -Plato
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“For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.” -Plato
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“States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.” -Plato
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“Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.” -Plato
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“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.” -Plato
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“It is a common saying, and in everybody’s mouth, that life is but a sojourn.” -Plato
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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.” -Plato
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“The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.” -Plato
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“Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.” -Plato
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“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.” -Plato
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“Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.” -Plato
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“We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.” -Plato
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“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.” -Plato
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“And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.” -Plato
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“Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.” -Plato
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“Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.” -Plato
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“For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.” -Plato
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“Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?” -Plato
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“Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.” -Plato
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“Justice means minding one’s own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.” -Plato
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“There’s a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.” -Plato
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“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” -Plato
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He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. – Plato
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