Plato Quotes, Words Of Wisdom Quotes

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

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And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty, using these steps only, and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is.

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Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

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I know nothing more worthy of a man's ambition than that his son be the best of men.

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Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.

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No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well.

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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

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And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.

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Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble.

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I will prove by my life that my critics are liars.

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Wisdom is a blaze, kindled by a leaping spark.

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Those having torches will pass them on to others.

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From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.

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Books are immortal sons deifying their sires.

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To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know.

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Every soul pursues the good and does whatever it does for its sake.

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The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.

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I really do not know, Socrates, how to express what I mean. For somehow or other our arguments, on whatever ground we rest them, seem to turn round and walk away from us.

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The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.

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I can show you that the art of calculation has to do with odd and even numbers in their numerical relations to themselves and to each other.

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