Quotes by Plato

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

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

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Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

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Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

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Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

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Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

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As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

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