Plato quotes - page 2

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. (Plato)
Man - a being in search of meaning. View quote
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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. View quote
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Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. View quote
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom. View quote
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Rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong ... And so the rhetorician's business is not to instruct a law court or a public meeting in matters of right and wrong, but only to make them believe. View quote
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Just as things in a picture, when viewed from a distance, appear to be all in one and the same condition and alike. View quote
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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. View quote
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Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? View quote
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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. View quote
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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. (Plato)
It is impossible to conceive of many without one. View quote
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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. View quote
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Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding. View quote
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It would be better for me ... that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself. View quote
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. View quote
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Neither human wisdom nor divine inspiration can confer upon man any greater blessing than this [live a life of happiness and harmony here on earth]. View quote
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Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent and, furthermore, the men of Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia. This vast power, gathered into one, endeavored to subdue at a blow our country and yours and the whole of the region within the straits, and then, Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and strength, among all mankind. View quote
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The orators - and the despots - have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best. View quote
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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. View quote
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. (Plato)
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. View quote
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[Aristotle] was the most eminent of all the pupils of Plato.... He seceded from Plato while he was still alive; so that they tell a story that [Plato] said, "Aristotle has kicked us off, just as chickens do their mother after they have been hatched." View quote
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Attention to health is life greatest hindrance. View quote
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To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it. View quote
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