The power and capacity of learning exist... by Plato | We Heart Quotes

philosopher Philosophy Ancient Greece Athens Socrates

The power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already.

- Plato

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Silence

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

- Plato

Life

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

- Plato

Courage

Courage is a kind of salvation.

- Plato

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

- Plato

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

- Plato

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