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Plato Quotes

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder Picture Quote #1

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth Picture Quote #1

Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend Picture Quote #1

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet Picture Quote #1

Plato is boring Picture Quote #1

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depends on simplicity Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it Picture Quote #1

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods Picture Quote #1

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child Picture Quote #1

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Plato wove historical fact into literary myth Picture Quote #1

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not Picture Quote #1

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing Picture Quote #1

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom Picture Quote #1

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves Picture Quote #1

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder (Plato Quotes) Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth (Plato Quotes) Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend (Plato Quotes) Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet (Plato Quotes) Plato is boring (Plato Quotes) Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depends on simplicity (Plato Quotes) Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws (Plato Quotes) Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it (Plato Quotes) Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber (Plato Quotes) 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 Quotes) Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods (Plato Quotes) Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child (Plato Quotes) Plato wove historical fact into literary myth (Plato Quotes) The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not (Plato Quotes) I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing (Plato Quotes) Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom (Plato Quotes) The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves (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 (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) 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) 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) 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)

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