Plato

This book is a collection of 225 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Plato:

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."
"Ideas are the source of all things"
"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."
"Ignorance is the root and stem of every evil."
"I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts."
"Knowledge is the food of the soul."
"Love is a madness produced by an unclassifiable rational desire to understand the ultimate truth about the world."
"Love is a serious mental disease."
"Love is the pursuit of the whole."
"Not exact, but: the two most important questions are; who will teach the children? What they teach them?"
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."
"Those who tell the stories rule society."

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