Plato Quotes

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  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

  Government, Political, Politics

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• Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

  Plato

  Reality, Mind

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• No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

  Plato

  Plato, Hero, Speak

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• A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

  Plato

  Wise, Plato, Men

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• The right question is usually more important than the right answer.

  Plato

  Important, Answers, Right Answers

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• Be kind. Every person you meet
  is fighting a difficult battle.

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  Fighting, Battle, Be Kind

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• The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.

  Plato

  Practice, Plant

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• The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.

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  Self Esteem, Lying, Pride

  Plato (1984). “Laws”

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• Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.

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  Children, Fire, Light

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• Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

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  Children, Different, Way

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• The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

  Plato

  Plato, Work, Acceptance

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• Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Doe, Tao

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• We become what we contemplate.

  Plato

  Contemplating

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• Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Witty

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• Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

  Plato

  Wise, Honey, Herbs

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• A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

  Plato

  War, Order, Tyrants

  Plato (2012). “The Republic and Other Works”, p.260, Anchor

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• Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.

  Plato

  Patience, Tasks, Wells

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• Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!

  Plato

  Advice, Progress, Matter

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• We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?

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  Death, Children, Men

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• 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!

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  Mistake, Mind, Physicians

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• Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.

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  Desire, Poverty, Wealth

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• Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
  We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",
  in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".

  Plato

  Practice, Skills, Excellence

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• When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.

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  Grateful, Great Things, Feels

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• To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.

  Plato

  Important, Quests, Courageous

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• A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

  Plato

  Wisdom, Plato, Business

  Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.83

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