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Plato Quotes - Page 4

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To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.

To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.

Impossible, Wealthy

Plato (1934). “The Laws of Plato”

Those who tell the stories rule society.

Stories

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

Qualified

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

Education, Children, Teaching

The seen is the changing, the unseen is the unchanging.

Unseen, Unchanging, Cycles

Courage is knowing what to fear.

Courage, Knowing

The beginning is half of the whole.

Half, Whole

Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.74

The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.

Life, Men, Study

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

Inspirational, Justice, Form

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

Men, Soul, Quality

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with

Children, Words Of Wisdom, May

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Plato, Philosophical, Ignorance

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

Children, Educational, Teaching

Everything changes and nothing remains still.

Things Change, Remains, Stills

Source: www.goodreads.com

I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.

Thinking, Trying, Facts

Man is a being in search of meaning.

Plato, Men, Vision

Music is to the mind as air is to the body.

Air, Mind, Body

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.

Evil, Citizens, Poverty

Plato (2008). “Laws”, p.112, Cosimo, Inc.

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.

Running, Smart, People

The wolf cares not, how many the sheep be.

Sheep, Care

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?

Inspirational, Dream, Philosophical

Plato “Writings of Plato”, Lulu.com

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom

Witty, Political, Politics

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being

Fitness, Workout, Exercise

I do not live to play, but I play in order that I may live, and return with greater zest to the labors of life.

Zest, Order, Play

Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.

Belief

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