Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
Quote by Plato
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Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.
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Plato Quotes
- 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.
- Life must be lived as play.
- There's a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
- 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.
- Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
- 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 being whole is reduced to half.
- Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
- 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.
- If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
- 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.
Best Quotes
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- Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.
- Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
- If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
- Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
- One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.
- Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.
- Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
- There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
- No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.