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.

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  Government, Political, Politics

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

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  Reality, Mind

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

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  Wise, Plato, Men

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

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  Plato, Hero, Speak

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

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  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.

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  Practice, Plant

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

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  Qualified

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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.

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  Plato, Work, Acceptance

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• Courage is knowing what to fear.

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  Courage, Knowing

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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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• We become what we contemplate.

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  Contemplating

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

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  Advice, Progress, Matter

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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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• Thinking is the soul talking to itself.

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  Wisdom, Thinking, Talking

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• If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.

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  Mistake, Failing, Made

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• Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

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  Ignorance, Roots, Causes

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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 measure of a man is what he does with power.

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  Leadership, Plato, Power

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  Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

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  Plato, Desire, Three

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• Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Stars, Caves

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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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• Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.

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  Perfect, Justice, Understanding

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