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Fools Quote by Plato

“Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools…” quote by Plato — Download Open image

“Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something.”

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Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

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You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.

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“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is…

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

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I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.

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Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at…

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When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

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“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of…

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Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to…

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“He was a wise man who invented God.”

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For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm…

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“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable…

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“stultorum infnitus est numerus (the number of fools is infinite)”

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“The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfully wise men — who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented…

Charles Dickens

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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

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“We all know we're one day closer to the end when we wake up in the morning. We just kid ourselves that it's not…

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“All that happens is as habitual and familiar as roses in spring and fruit in the summer. True too of disease, death, defamation, and…

Marcus Aurelius

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If one black man aided by a bevy of good, decent, dedicated, and open liberal-minded whites and Jews can succeed in prevailing over a…

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I'm telling the story, and if I can't tell the story, I'm not going to sing it. And if I don't agree with the…

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We miss 'House of Fools' a lot. We always enjoyed doing that; it felt a bit like a different and fresh show for British…

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“There is a certain solid use in fools. It is not so much that they rush in where angels fear to tread, but rather…

G.K. Chesterton

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Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

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“He'd never seen one so vibrant, though, or so vividly compelling... those glowing green eyes sparkling with sunlight and curiosity and silent laughter, and…

Sharon Kay Penman

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“The best don’t stick around when you treat them poorly, only the desperate do.”

Shannon L. Alder

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