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Greek - Philosopher 427 BC - 347 BC

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Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. - Plato

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. Plato

Art, Men, Rhetoric

We are twice armed if we fight with faith. - Plato

We are twice armed if we fight with faith. Plato

Faith, Fight, Twice

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. - Plato

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life. Plato

Life, Education, Man

Life must be lived as play. - Plato

Life must be lived as play. Plato

Life, Play, Lived

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

Life, Justice, Legal

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. - Plato

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. Plato

Injustice, More, Made

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. - Plato

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

Wisdom, Men, Honor

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. Plato

First, Protector, Tyrant

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. - Plato

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. Plato

Education, Good, Graduation

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. - Plato

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. Plato

Man, Conquer, First

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good. Plato

Good, They Say, Repeat

There is no harm in repeating a good thing. Plato

Good, Harm, Repeating

Man - a being in search of meaning. - Plato

Man - a being in search of meaning. Plato

Man, Search, Meaning

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. - Plato

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. Plato

Soul, World, Look

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy. - Plato

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy. Plato

Democracy, Tyranny, Out

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. - Plato

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. Plato

Life, Education, Future

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato

Knowledge, Mind, Hold

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

Fear, War, Leader

Democracy passes into despotism. Plato

Government, Democracy

Death is not the worst that can happen to men. - Plato

Death is not the worst that can happen to men. Plato

Death, Men, Happen

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed. - Plato

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed. Plato

Speed, Too Much, Haste

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. Plato

Honesty, Dishonesty, Most

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. - Plato

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. Plato

Gold, Earth, Virtue

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal. Plato

Learning, Knowledge, Evil

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. - Plato

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. Plato

Great, Well Done, Better

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less. Plato

Nature, Good, Man

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