"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."
Plato Quotes
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Two quotes a day keep the lack of wisdom at bay.
"Is there any self-existent fire? and do all those things which we call self-existent exist? or are only those things which we see, or in some way perceive through the bodily organs, truly existent, and nothing whatever besides them? And is all that which we call an intelligible essence nothing at all, and only a name?"
"The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity."
"This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related."
"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
"He whom love touches not walks in darkness."
"I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools."
"Wealth is well known to be a great comforter."
"The perfect state is one where men weep and rejoice over the same things."
"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories."
"All learning has an emotional base."
"No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated."
"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth."
"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."
"They think that you bear old age more easily not because of the way you live but because you’re wealthy, for the wealthy, they say, have many consolations."
"Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil."
"All enquiry and all learning is but recollection."
"All knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom."
"Never discourage anyone. who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."