Plato Quotes

Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

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And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

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The Graces sought some holy ground, Whose sight should ever please; And in their search the soul they found Of Aristophanes.

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Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.

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Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. . . . A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons hiom.

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As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom love touches not walks in darkness.

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A work well begun is half-ended.

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According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. Love is neither wise nor beautiful, but is rather the desire for wisdom and beauty.

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Kindness which is bestowed on the good is never lost.

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Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from cowardice fall behind.

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When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.

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Let no one destitute of geometry enter my doors.

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

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Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.

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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.

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Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.

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Music gives a soul to the universe.

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Harmony sinks deep into the recesses of the soul and takes its strongest hold there, bringing grace also to the body & mind as well. Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. It is the essence of order.

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To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.

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A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul.

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