Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Quote by Plato
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Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
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Plato Quotes
- And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
- Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
- No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
- Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
- 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.
- The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
- The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
- Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
- 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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