Plato
Ancient Greece
-427 // -347
Philosopher / Mathematician
-427 // -347
Philosopher / Mathematician
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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant
The greatest wealth is to live content with little
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction
The beginning is the most important part of the work
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters
Science is nothing but perception
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history
Philosophy is the highest music
Only the dead have seen the end of the war
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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