I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.
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Plato
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About Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the collection of philosophical theories that would later become known as Platonism.
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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of b…
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
There are three classes of men lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly c…
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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may requi…
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
Science is nothing but perception.
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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, a…
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.