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Individual Quotes by Plato
- Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
- Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to…
- Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
- ... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the…
- What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character of each individual,…
- Because, unlike courage and wisdom, which made our state brave and wise by being present in a particular part of it, discipline operates by being…
- Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of his reason and…
- The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second, the only difference…
- Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.
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- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
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- Younger people have greatest fears. Why is that? Because they don't know the plot. They don't know their own individual plot... they… — Margaret Atwood
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. — Irving Babbitt
- I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it. — Michele Bachmann
- The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy. — Michele Bachmann