1. What we have been looking for is what we already possess; we always look in all directions, but miss what we want, which is why we still find it difficult to achieve.
—Plato, *The Republic*
2. To be unaware of one's own ignorance is double the ignorance.
3. Delaying is the best way to suppress anger. 4.
Patience is the foundation of all intelligence.
5. Time takes everything away; over the years it will change your name, appearance, character, and destiny.
6. Where there is an ideal, hell is heaven. Where there is hope, pain becomes joy.
7. No matter how difficult, do not beg for pity!
8. Laziness is the son of cowardice, and negligence is the son of sloth. —Plato, *The Laws*
9. If we fight with faith, we are doubly armed.
10. Tomorrow is always a miracle for the world.
11. Conquering oneself requires greater courage, and its victory is the most glorious of all.
12. All knowledge that deviates from justice should be called cunning, not wisdom.
13. When love taps on the shoulder, even a man who usually disdains poetry and romance will become a poet.
14. People live only in dreams; only philosophers struggle to awaken.
15. Philosophers spend their lives preparing for death. (Hmm)
16. If you love, why not say it? Some things, once lost, will never return.
17. Humans are meaning-seeking animals.
18. Women's natural essence is as superior to men's as it is inferior to ours.
19. To cherish someone for their character is always a beautiful thing.
20. Those who don't earn money themselves are often not greedy; those who earn money themselves are more greedy.
21. A person's value is measured by what they do when they have power .
22. A life not carefully considered and planned is not worth living.
23. True love must keep madness and anything bordering on lewdness far away.
24. I declare that might makes right, and justice is the interest of the strong.
25. To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.
26. The human heart can be divided into two parts, one more good and one more evil. If the good part prevails and can restrain the evil, this is enough to be called self-control and is praiseworthy; but if one receives a bad education or is influenced by evil people, causing the evil part to become larger and the good part to be increasingly eroded, then one becomes a slave to oneself, and everyone despises such a person.
27. Watching a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year.
28. Early education should be a form of entertainment, so that it is easier to discover a person's innate interests.
29. Your selfless greatness predetermines our tragic ending.
30. Respect for people should not be greater than respect for truth.
31. Man is the measure of all things, the measure of the being of beings and the non-being of non-beings.
32. If a person's passions, whether in joy or sorrow, are guided by reason to remember what reason teaches about what should be feared and what should not be feared, then we call each such person courageous because of their passions.
33. Only by emphasizing both gymnastics and music can one achieve a complete personality. Gymnastics strengthens the body, and music cultivates the spirit. --Plato
34. If one is unhappy and joyless, the only solution is to let go; if one cannot let go, that is suffering.
35. Good education produces a good body and a good temperament, and those with such a good body and temperament, when further educated, will produce even better results. --Plato, *The Art of Education*
36. Good people don't need the law to tell them to take responsibility; evil people always skirt the edges of the law. Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
37. To expect others to learn and become enlightened when one is oneself confused is surely an extremely improper teacher. —Plato, *Politics and Philosophy*
38. Speaking the truth is the virtue of an orator. —Plato
39. Respect for people should not surpass respect for truth. —Plato
40. When things are at their best, they are least likely to be changed or influenced by other things.
41. The first humans were spherical beings, two individuals glued back to back, with two faces, eight hands and feet, and two sets of genitals. Zeus and the gods, fearing that humanity was too powerful and would disrespect the gods, split the spherical beings in two. Therefore, each of us is constantly seeking our other half to unite with. —Plato, *Symposium*
41. The best music is that which brings joy to the most excellent and cultured people, especially to the one who is most outstanding in character and refinement.
42. Everything flows; nothing remains still. — Plato, Cratylus
43. Man lives not only for himself but also for his country. — Plato
44. Law is the culmination of all human wisdom and intelligence, including all social thought and morality.
45. Faith is a feeling, and the power of this feeling. — Plato
46. God is a geometer.
47. Be merciful, for everyone you meet is waging a difficult war.
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