"All learning is in the learner, not the teacher."
Plato Quotes
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Two quotes a day keep the lack of wisdom at bay.
"No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."
"It seems to me that many fall into it even against their will, and fancy they are discussing, when they are merely debating, because they cannot distinguish the meanings of a term, in their investigation of any question, but carry on their opposition to what is stated, by attacking the mere words, employing the art of debate, and not that of philosophical discussion."
"Democracy passes into despotism."
"Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes."
"Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.,."
"The excellence and righteousness for each thing depend solely on the use for which it was created. This naturally means that the user has the most experience of it and must tell the maker how it works best."
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
"Those who have a natural talent for calculation are generally quick-witted at every other kind of knowledge; and even the dull, if they have had an arithmetical training, although they may derive no other advantage from it, always become much quicker than they would have been."
"A house that has a library in it has a soul."
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"I have good hope that there is something after death."
"A work well begun is half ended."
"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."
"The man deserved his fate, deny it who can; yes, but the fate did not deserve the man."
"All knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom."
"I must go beyond the dark world of sense information to the clear brilliance of the sunlight of the outside world. Once done, it becomes my duty to go back to the cave in order to illuminate the minds of those imprisoned in the ‘darkness’ of sensory knowledge."
"The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so."
"An accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men."
"Most men in power become villains."