“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”

—Plato.

“As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers.”

—Plato.

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

—Plato. 

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

—Plato. 

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”

—Plato. 

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”

—Plato.

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“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.”

~Plato.

Plato. Luni marble, copy of the portrait made by Silanion ca. 370 BC for the Academia in Athens. From the sacred area in Largo Argentina, 1925. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.”
~Plato.

Plato. Luni marble, copy of the portrait made by Silanion ca. 370 BC for the Academia in Athens. From the sacred area in Largo Argentina, 1925. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions. ”

~Plato.

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“Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.”

~Plato.

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“He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. ”
Plato.

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“Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. ”
Plato.

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

—Plato.

“We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
—Plato.

“Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. ”
—Plato.

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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
—Plato.

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“Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom. ”
—Plato.

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Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

—Plato.

The School of Athens (detail). Fresco, Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Plato. Luni marble, copy of the portrait made by Silanion ca. 370 BC for the Academia in Athens. From the sacred area in Largo Argentina, 1925. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)