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  • But that we shall be better and braver and less helpless if we think that we ought to enquire, than we should have been if we indulged in the idle fancy that there was no knowing and no use in seeking to know what we do not know; - that is a theme upon which I am ready to fight, in word and deed, to the utmost of my power.
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  • Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.
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    Tags : Plato Quotes , Beautiful Quotes , Wise Quotes
  • Moderation, which consists in 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.
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    Tags : Plato Quotes , Self Quotes , Contentment Quotes
  • Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
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    Tags : Plato Quotes , Desire Quotes