Plato Quotes
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“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
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“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
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“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
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“Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.”
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“Love is a serious mental disease.”
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“Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.”
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“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.”
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“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.”
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“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
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“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
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“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
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“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”
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“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.”
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“Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.”
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“We are twice armed if we fight with faith.”
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“People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.”
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“The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.”
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“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
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“Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.”