15 Deep Philosophy Quotes From "Plato"

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1. "Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."

- Plato
2. "Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness;

but direct them to it by what amuses their minds,

so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."

- Plato
3. "Love is a serious mental disease."

- Plato
4. "The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants."

- Plato
5. “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

- Plato
6. "Don't force your children into your ways,

For they were created for a time different from your own."

- Plato
7. "No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth."

- Plato
8. “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark;

the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

- Plato
9. "A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something."

- Plato
10. "Human behavior flows from three main sources:

desire, emotion, and knowledge."

- Plato
11. "Reality is created by the mind,

We can change our reality by changing our mind."

- Plato
12. "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly,

While bad people will find a way around the laws."

- Plato
13. “Those who tell the stories rule society.”

- Plato
14. "The measure of a man is what he does with power."

- Plato
15. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”

- Plato
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