He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act Plato More Quotes by Plato More Quotes From Plato He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. Plato philosophicalwishlittles A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers. Plato degreeshonorteacher Music gives a soul to the universe. Plato musicwingsgiving The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. Plato platoherospring Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied. Plato triumphsuccessfulmen We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it. Plato doemenbelieve A man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and the hardest to disprove, and to ride on this like a raft over the waters of life. Plato water-of-lifedoctrinemen The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit. Plato destructionstepsfirsts One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato governmentplatowar Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. Plato platowisdomeducation The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals Plato democracylawletters Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination. Plato imaginationwisegiving Those who have a natural talent for calculation are generally quick-witted at every other kind of knowledge; and even the dull, if they have had an arithmetical training, although they may derive no other advantage from it, always become much quicker than they would have been. Plato natural-talenttrainingplato Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality. Plato platospringchildren Attention to health is life greatest hindrance. Plato philosophicalplatolife The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality. Plato functionwords-of-wisdomreality Music then is simply the result of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony. Plato rhythmharmonyresults The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being. Plato life-worth-livinglife-isphilosophy Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Plato musicplatosoul He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age Plato optimismpressureage
