Greek - Philosopher | 427 BC - 347 BC
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
Plato
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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 and age are equally a burden.
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No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
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No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
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The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
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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 as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
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Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
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I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
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All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.
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