"The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things."
Plato Quotes
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Two quotes a day keep the lack of wisdom at bay.
"Nothing could be more important than that the work of a soldier is well done."
"Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike."
"There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who when danger is pressing in will not acknowledge the divine power."
"A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books."
"When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself."
"Everyone seeks his half."
"Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue."
"When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them."
"Music then is simply the result of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony."
"It is impossible to improve the world if first the man does not improve."
"Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others."
"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."
"Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle."
"Must not all things at last be swallowed up in Death?"
"The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died."
"Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality."
"He could not harm me, for I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse."
"Wealth is well known to be a great comforter."
"The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has in fact been followed throughout, the principle of one man one job, of minding ones own business, in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted and not interfering with other people."