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True Quotes by Plato
- Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest,…
- Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered…
- Knowledge is true opinion.
- Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true…
- 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…
- . . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is…
- Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty,…
- 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…
- What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world…
- Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion,…
- 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…
- Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from…
- Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.
- True friendship can exist only between equals.
- The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he…
- The true musician is attuned to a fairer harmony than that of the lyre... for he truly has in his own life a harmony of…
- No man should be angry with what is true.
- Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but…
More True Quotes
- I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original. — Aaliyah
- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
- Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe… — Margaret Atwood