| 62 Famous Quotes by Plato
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
Politics Quotes |
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
Wisdom Quotes |
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“Abstinence is the surety of temperance”
Abstinence Quotes |
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“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another”
Astronomy Quotes |
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“The wisest have the most authority”
Authority Quotes |
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“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
Beginning Quotes |
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“Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable”
Boys Quotes |
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“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.”
Children Quotes |
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“Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.”
Classroom Quotes |
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“Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.”
Cleverness Quotes |
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“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
Discovery Quotes |
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“I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and the hardest to disprove, and to ride on this like a raft over the waters of life”
Doctrine Quotes |
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“I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and the hardest to disprove, and to ride on this like a raft over the waters of life”
Duty Quotes |
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“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life”
Education Quotes |
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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.”
Excess Quotes |
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
Fool Quotes |
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“Homosexuality, is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because it is apparently not in the interest of such rulers to have great ideas engendered in their subjects, or powerful friendships or passionate love-all of which homosexuality is particularly apt to produce."”
Homosexuality Quotes |
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“Even the gods love jokes”
Jokes Quotes |
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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”
Justice Quotes |
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
Kindness Quotes |
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“To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.”
Knowledge Quotes |
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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.”
Law and lawyers Quotes |
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“The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics”
Mathematics Quotes |
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“Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.”
Misfortune Quotes |
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“Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.”
Moderation Quotes |
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