Plato
Plato (427 BC – 347 BC) was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens.
Found 85 thoughts of Plato
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.
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Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wise to be rich, and may I have such riches as only a person of self-restraint can bear or endure.
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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
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To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.
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The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth. . .He whose desires are drawn toward knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul, and will hardly feel bodily pleasures- -I mean, if he be a true philosopher and not a sham one. . .Then how can he who has the magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all times and all existence, think much of human life? He cannot. Or can such a one account death fearful? No indeed
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Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.
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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.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.
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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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When men speak ill of you, live so as nobody may believe them.
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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
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Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things most shameful and vile.
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By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name.
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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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At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
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No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.
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