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Quotations by author » Plato
Ancient Greek Philosopher He was the world's most influential philosopher. 428 BC-348 BC
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There are three arts which are concerned with all things; one which uses, another which makes, a third which imitates them
Art
There are three classes of men - lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, lovers of gain
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Anger
There is no such thing as a lover's oath.
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There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
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These, then, will be some of the features of democracy... it will be, in all likelihood, an agreeable, lawless, parti-colored commonwealth, dealing with all alike on a footing of equality, whether they be really equal or not.
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They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
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They deem him the worst enemy who tells them the truth
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They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.
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They see only their own shadows or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave
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Thinking: The talking of the soul with itself
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This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
Tyranny
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
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This I know - that I know nothing.
Knowledge
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
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Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.
Power
Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give time full range
Time
Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and nature all decay
Challenge
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