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Plato Quotes

Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood’s school, and the one man that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool Picture Quote #1

Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so making graceful him who is rightly trained Picture Quote #1

Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination Picture Quote #1

If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility Picture Quote #1

To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous Picture Quote #1

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books Picture Quote #1

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If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul Picture Quote #1

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile Picture Quote #1

And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other’s sight, as I may say, even for a moment Picture Quote #1

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters Picture Quote #1

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something Picture Quote #1

If a man be endued with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility Picture Quote #1

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Truth is the source of every good to gods and men. He who expects to be blessed and fortunate in this world should be a partaker of it from the earliest moment of his life Picture Quote #1

Plato was a bore Picture Quote #1

If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini Picture Quote #1

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the works of Plato and Socrates, the behaviour of the three Thomases, Aquinas, more and Jefferson - the austere analyses of Immanuel Kant and the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt Picture Quote #1

Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself Picture Quote #1

Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God Picture Quote #1

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I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him Picture Quote #1

Plato was only a Bernard Shaw who unfortunately made his jokes in Greek Picture Quote #1

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Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood’s school, and the one man that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool (Plato Quotes) Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so making graceful him who is rightly trained (Plato Quotes) Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination (Plato Quotes) If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility (Plato Quotes) To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous (Plato Quotes) A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books (Plato Quotes) If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul (Plato Quotes) For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile (Plato Quotes) And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other’s sight, as I may say, even for a moment (Plato Quotes) You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters (Plato Quotes) Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something (Plato Quotes) If a man be endued with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility (Plato Quotes) Truth is the source of every good to gods and men. He who expects to be blessed and fortunate in this world should be a partaker of it from the earliest moment of his life (Plato Quotes) Plato was a bore (Plato Quotes) If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini (Plato Quotes) I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the works of Plato and Socrates, the behaviour of the three Thomases, Aquinas, more and Jefferson - the austere analyses of Immanuel Kant and the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt (Plato Quotes) Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself (Plato Quotes) Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God (Plato Quotes) I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him (Plato Quotes) Plato was only a Bernard Shaw who unfortunately made his jokes in Greek (Plato Quotes)

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