If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
Quote by Plato
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If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
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Plato Quotes
- The good is the beautiful.
- Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
- Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
- He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
- The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
- Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
- We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
- 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 require a leader.
- And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
- Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
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