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Plato Quotes - Page 9

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Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

Government, Democracy, Mob Rule

What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.

Live Life, Play, Careers

Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth.

Passion, Philosopher

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

Men, Political, Good Man

The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.

Beauty, Wings, Soul

The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.

New Year, Happy New Year, Character

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

Army, Honor, Doe

Plato (1872). “Laws. Appendix: Lesser Hippias. First Alcibiades. Menexenus. Index of persons and places”, p.256

Virtue is voluntary, vice involuntary.

Vices, Virtue, Involuntary

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

The prisoner grows to love his chains.

Chains, Prisoner, Grows

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Leadership, Children, Humorous

Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.

Animal, Men, Savages

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.

Inspiration, Sadness, Order

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Life, Philosophical, Thinking

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Plato, Want, Teach

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Philosophical, Men, May

Plato (2008). “Laws”, p.194, Cosimo, Inc.

Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold upon it

Soul, Musical, Way

Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.

Children, Games, Soul

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Art, Philosophical, Men

Plato (1942). “Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Symposium, Republic”

More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else.

Men, Doe, Ease

When a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form, and the two are cast in one mould, that will be the fairest of sights to him who has the eye to contemplate the vision.

Beauty, Beautiful, Eye

Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.228

Your dog is your only philosopher.

Dog, Philosopher

The proud man is forsaken of God.

Pride, Men, Proud

Love is a grave mental illness.

Love Is, Mental Illness, Illness

He who love touches walks not in darkness.

Love, Darkness, Walks

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Inspirational, Philosophy, Feelings

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