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Him Quotes by Plato
- They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.
- The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at…
- 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…
- Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?
- And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who…
- Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in…
- Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.
- At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred…
- And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does not withhold his…
- Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is…
- Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so…
- The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.
- The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth.... He whose desires are drawn toward…
- . . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will…
- And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not…
- Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated.
- By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him…
- That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.
- In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and…
- Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year.
- The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks…
- 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…
- for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and is beside himself,…
- 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…
More Him Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not… — Francis of Assisi
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
- Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden