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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Plato
Knowledge, Wisdom, Justice
Life must be lived as play.
Plato
Life, Play, Lived
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
Plato
War, Fear, Nothing
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
Plato
Education, Life, Future
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Plato
Men, Government, Wise
Philosophy is the highest music.
Plato
Music, Philosophy, Highest
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
Plato
God, Wise, Him
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Plato
Power, Measure
Democracy passes into despotism.
Plato
Democracy, Passes, Despotism
Necessity... the mother of invention.
Plato
Mother, Necessity, Invention
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
Plato
Soul, Another, Astronomy
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
Plato
Education, Important, Training
Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
Plato
Great, Done, Deal
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Plato
War, End, Dead
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Plato
Men, Wisdom, Honor
Courage is a kind of salvation.
Plato
Courage, Salvation
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Plato
Wisdom, Cunning, Low
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
Plato
Good, Master, Servant
No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
Plato
Love, Friend, Return
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Plato
Poetry, History, Truth
Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
Plato
Democracy, Tyranny, Naturally
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
Plato
Honesty, Less, Dishonesty
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
Change, Direction, Whether
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato
Art, Work, Important
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
Feeling, Philosophy, Wonder

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Nationality: Greek
Born: 427 BC
Died: 347 BC

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