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		Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. Plato
		Author Details: Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Greek Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: 427 BC Year of Death: 347 BC Nationality: Greek Amazon: Plato on Amazon Cite this Page: Citation	Related Authors: Socrates Aristotle Epictetus Diogenes Democritus Heraclitus Antisthenes Thales
		Select Plato Quotations: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. Plato A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. Plato There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. 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 Life must be lived as play. Plato
Quote Keywords: Citizens, Conduct, First, Hearts, Justice, Life, Only, Possible, Resides, Souls, State	Dictionary Links: Conduct, First, Justice, Life, Only, Possible, State	All Plato Quotations: A good decision is based on... A hero is born among a... A state arises, as I conceive... All men are by nature equal... All the gold which is under... All things will be produced in... And what, Socrates, is the food... Any man may easily do harm... Apply yourself both now and in... As the builders say, the larger... Astronomy compels the soul to look... At the touch of love everyone... Attention to health is life greatest hindrance. Be kind, for everyone you meet... Better a little which is well... Courage is a kind of salvation. Courage is knowing what not to fear. Cunning... is but the low mimic... Death is not the worst that... Democracy passes into despotism. Democracy... is a charming form of... Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy... Entire ignorance is not so terrible... Every heart sings a song, incomplete... Excess generally causes reaction, and produces... Excess of liberty, whether it lies... For a man to conquer himself... For good nurture and education implant good... For the introduction of a new... Good actions give strength to ourselves... Good people do not need laws... Hardly any human being is capable... He was a wise man who... He who commits injustice is ever... He who is not a good... He who is of calm and... He who steals a little steals... Honesty is for the most part... How can you prove whether at... Human behavior flows from three main... I exhort you also to take... I have hardly ever known a... I never did anything worth doing... I shall assume that your silence... I would fain grow old learning... If a man neglects education, he... If particulars are to have meaning... Ignorance of all things is an... Ignorance, the root and stem of... Injustice is censured because the censures... It is a common saying, and... It is clear to everyone that... It is right to give every... Justice in the life and conduct... Justice means minding one's own business... Know one knows whether death, which... Knowledge becomes evil if the aim... Knowledge is true opinion. Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion... Knowledge without justice ought to be... Let parents bequeath to their children... Life must be lived as play. Love is a serious mental disease. Love is the joy of the... Man - a being in search of meaning. Man is a wingless animal with... Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents... Music is a moral law. It... Music is the movement of sound... Must not all things at the... Necessity... the mother of invention. No evil can happen to a... No law or ordinance is mightier... No man should bring children into... No one ever teaches well who... No one is a friend to... No trace of slavery ought to... Not to help justice in her... Nothing can be more absurd than... Nothing in the affairs of men... One man cannot practice many arts... One of the penalties for refusing... Opinion is the medium between knowledge... Our object in the construction of... People are like dirt. They can... Philosophy begins in wonder. Philosophy is the highest music. Poetry is nearer to vital truth... Poets utter great and wise things... Rhetoric is the art of ruling... Science is nothing but perception. States are as the men, they... The beginning is the most important... The blame is his who chooses... The community which has neither poverty... The curse of me and my... The direction in which education starts... The excessive increase of anything causes... The eyes of the soul of... The first and greatest victory is... The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable. The good is the beautiful. The greatest wealth is to live... The highest reach of injustice is... The learning and knowledge that we... The man who makes everything that... The measure of a man is... The most important part of education... The most virtuous are those who... The punishment which the wise suffer... The rulers of the state are... The wisest have the most authority. Then not only an old man... Then not only custom, but also... There are three classes of men... There are two things a person... There is no harm in repeating... There is no such thing as... There must always remain something that... There will be no end to... There's a victory, and defeat; the... They certainly give very strange names... They do certainly give very strange... Thinking: the talking of the soul... This and no other is the... This City is what it is... Those who intend on becoming great... To go to the world below... To love rightly is to love... To prefer evil to good is... To suffer the penalty of too... Truth is the beginning of every... Twice and thrice over, as they... Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy. Virtue is relative to the actions... We are twice armed if we... We can easily forgive a child... We do not learn; and what... We ought to esteem it of... We ought to fly away from... Wealth is well known to be... Whatever deceives men seems to produce... When a Benefit is wrongly conferred... When men speak ill of thee... When the mind is thinking it... When the tyrant has disposed of... When there is an income tax... Wisdom alone is the science of... Wise men speak because they have... Wonder is the feeling of the... You can discover more about a... Your silence gives consent.

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