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

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  Fighting, Battle, Be Kind

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

  Plato

  Important, Answers, Right Answers

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

  Plato

  Plato, Work, Acceptance

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

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  War, Order, Tyrants

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

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

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  Plato, Desire, Three

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• Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

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  Song, Philosophical, Heart

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

  Plato

  Philosophical, Doe, Tao

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• The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

  Plato

  Being Happy, Plato, Greatest Wealth

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• Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.

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  Lying, Thinking, Shadow

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

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  Patience, Tasks, Wells

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

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  Grateful, Great Things, Feels

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• I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

  Plato

  Im Sorry, Apology, Men

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, Xist Publishing

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

  Plato

  Desire, Poverty, Wealth

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