Wise men speak because they have something to say Fools because they have to say something.
Quote by Plato
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Wise men speak because they have something to say Fools because they have to say something.
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Plato Quotes
- No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
- A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
- Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
- Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
- Only the dead have seen the end of war.
- There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
- The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
- The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
- Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
Best Quotes
- A government of laws, and not of men.
- Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
- The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
- Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
- My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.
- A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
- Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive
- Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court?
- Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
- Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.