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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.


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PLATO One man cannot practice many arts with success.
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PLATO Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
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PLATO He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
PLATO As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.
PLATO We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
PLATO Democracy passes into despotism.
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PLATO Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
PLATO Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
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PLATO Courage is a kind of salvation.
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PLATO Love is a serious mental disease.
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PLATO When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
PLATO All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
PLATO Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
PLATO Life must be lived as play.
PLATO Necessity... the mother of invention.
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PLATO Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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PLATO Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
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