Plato Quotes, Half Quotes

As the proverb says, "a good beginning is half the business" and "to have begun well" is praised by all.

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Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.

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A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers.

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God is not the author of all things, but of good only.

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To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base.

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The prisoner grows to love his chains.

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The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above.

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God forever geometrizes.

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Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.

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Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.

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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

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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.

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He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.

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As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.

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For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not to himself. Nor does beauty and strength of body, when dwelling in a base and cowardly man, appear comely, but the reverse of comely, making the possessor more conspicuous, and manifesting forth his cowardice.

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You cannot conceive the many without the one...The study of the unit is among those that lead the mind on and turn it to the vision of reality.

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Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

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Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.

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Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

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Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before.

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