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• And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

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  Plato, Food, Philosophical

  Plato (1977). “The Portable Plato”, p.38, Penguin

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• If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection

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  Reflection, Impression, Contradictory

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• As there are misanthropists or haters of men, so also are there misologists, or haters of ideas.

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  Men, Ideas

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• There is truth in wine and children

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  Children, Wine

  Plato (1989). “Symposium”, p.69, Hackett Publishing

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• To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

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  Evil, Soul, World

  Plato (1871). “Gorgias. Philebus. Parmenides. Theaetetus. Sophist. Statesman”, p.114

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• More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else.

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  Men, Doe, Ease

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• When a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form, and the two are cast in one mould, that will be the fairest of sights to him who has the eye to contemplate the vision.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Eye

  Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.228

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• Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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  Life, Philosophical, Thinking

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• Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth.

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  Passion, Philosopher

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• What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.

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  Live Life, Play, Careers

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• If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.

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  Men, Good Man, Answers

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• Your dog is your only philosopher.

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  Dog, Philosopher

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• He who love touches walks not in darkness.

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  Love, Darkness, Walks

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• Love is a grave mental illness.

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  Love Is, Mental Illness, Illness

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• Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

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  Inspirational, Philosophy, Feelings

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• The proud man is forsaken of God.

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  Pride, Men, Proud

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• The prisoner grows to love his chains.

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  Chains, Prisoner, Grows

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• If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.

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  Men, Generosity, Mind

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• Truth is its own reward.

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  Truth, Plato, Rewards

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• The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.

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  Leadership, Taken, New Beginnings

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.260, Xist Publishing

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• 'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'

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  Men, Words Of Wisdom, Taste

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• Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.

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  Beautiful, Wise, Ignorance

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• The wrong use of a thing is far worse than the non-use.

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  Use

  Xenophon, Plato, William Smith, William De Witt Hyde, Henry Sidgwick (2016). “Stoic Six Pack 7: The Sophists”, p.70, Lulu.com

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• Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

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  Army, Honor, Doe

  Plato (1872). “Laws. Appendix: Lesser Hippias. First Alcibiades. Menexenus. Index of persons and places”, p.256

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• Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.

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  Hero, Stories, Leisure

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.259, Xist Publishing

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