Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
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Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
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Plato Quotes
- Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
- All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
- The beginning is the most important part of the work.
- Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
- 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 character and of wisdom.
- Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
- The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
- I would fain grow old learning many things.
- Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
- To prefer evil to good is not in human nature and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
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