PLATO

"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."

"But Above all things truth beareth away the victory."

"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."

"There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot."

"Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul."

"Philosophy is the highest music."

"Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice."

"Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature."

"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses."

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

"Death is not the worst that can happen to men."

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."

"All learning has an emotional base."

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

"Courage is knowing what not to fear."

"A dog has the soul of a philosopher."

"One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."

"An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers."

"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder."

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom."

"Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand."