Plato ✓

epigrammatist Classical Athens

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[Wikidata] 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher... | [Wikipedia] Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosop

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• Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. History
• The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. All
• Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life… Charm
• Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Communication
• Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. Called
• The beginning is the most important part of the work. Art
• There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. Anger
• We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Afraid
• He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth… Age
• When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. Attitude
• 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… Always Stirring
• This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. Appears
• Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. Alike
• Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. Dishonesty
• They certainly give very strange names to diseases. Certainly Give
• Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. Death
• We are twice armed if we fight with faith. Armed
• Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences. Alone
• 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… Accomplished
• The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living… Adopted

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