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Topics: Plato Quotes

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Love is a grave mental disease.

Love is a grave mental disease.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Even the gods love jokes

Even the gods love jokes

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Some love one, some love two. I love one, and that is you.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

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

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

I wish I can delete you from my mind as easy as deleting some files...

I wish I can delete you from my mind as easy as deleting some files...

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you...

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you...