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To be curious about that which is not one’s concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous  (Plato Quotes) The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable  (Plato Quotes) It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors  (Plato Quotes) I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive  (Plato Quotes) Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it  (Plato Quotes) Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the action in which they are concerned  (Plato Quotes) Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses  (Plato Quotes) The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live  (Plato Quotes) Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind with itself without spoken sound  (Plato Quotes) What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world which we shall call true philosophy  (Plato Quotes) And isn’t it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean knowing things as they really are  (Plato Quotes) Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?  (Plato Quotes) And tell him it’s quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them  (Plato Quotes) We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it  (Plato Quotes) For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy  (Plato Quotes) Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the same and service of the body  (Plato Quotes) Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination  (Plato Quotes) The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service or of the greatest injury to the dead man, at the very beginning of his journey hither  (Plato Quotes) More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else  (Plato Quotes) Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated  (Plato Quotes) The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion  (Plato Quotes) The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way  (Plato Quotes) The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!  (Plato Quotes) If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility  (Plato Quotes) 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  (Plato Quotes) To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous  (Plato Quotes) A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books  (Plato Quotes) If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools  (Plato Quotes) Between knowledge of what really exists and ignorance of what does not exist lies the domain of opinion. It is more obscure than knowledge, but clearer than ignorance  (Plato Quotes) Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire  (Plato Quotes)
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