Plato
A Greek Philosopher
Socrates was his mentor, Aristotle was his student. He founded the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
Born 428 BC ~ Died 348 BC
"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories."
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."
"If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life."
"Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety."
"People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die."
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
"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."
"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty."
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