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plato atheism age
At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets. Denis Diderot
plato years ideas
During the 2300 years since Plato, very little opposition has been registered to his ideas. Ludwig von Mises
plato kind members
Plato and Hitler were both the same kind of consistent socialists who planned also for the production of future socialists, the breeding and education of future members of society.
plato people leader
People have Plato's form in their mind of what a leader is, or what a C.E.O. is, and it is a bunch of elements that I really don't conform to at all. I've given this a lot of thought, and I came to the conclusion that I don't care. Dick Costolo
plato father thinking
I want you teabaggers out there to understand one thing: while you idolize the Founding Fathers and dress up like them, and smell like them, I think it's pretty clear that the Founding Fathers would have hated your guts. And what's more, you would've hated them. They were everything you despise. They studied science, read Plato, hung out in Paris and thought the Bible was mostly bulls**t. Bill Maher
plato school exercise
The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools; and their systems, transmitted with blind deference from one generation of disciples to another, precluded every generous attempt to exercise the powers, or enlarge the limits, of the human mind. Edward Gibbon
plato history secret
The knowledge that is suited to our situation and powers, the whole compass of moral, natural, and mathematical science, was neglected by the new Platonists; whilst they exhausted their strength in the verbal disputes of metaphysics, attempted to explore the secrets of the invisible world, and studied to reconcile Aristotle with Plato, on subjects of which both these philosophers were as ignorant as the rest of mankind.
plato play bears
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays. Benjamin Jowett
plato book greatness
The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism. C. S. Lewis
two people attention
A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's attention for two hours. Chris Cornell
two church world
There are, in truth, but two denominations upon this earth: the Church and the world. Charles Spurgeon
two numbers records
I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up. Dennis Wilson
two use unix
Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX, Dennis Ritchie
two long sticks
You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches Dennis Eckersley
two lines roles
When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet. Denholm Elliott
two half narrative
We allude to the short prose narrative, requiring from a half hour to one or two hours in its perusal Edgar Allan Poe
two together size
We have come to accept bigger and bigger things as meaning greater and greater efficiency, more and more prosperity and more and more freedom. The two do not go together of necessity ... Eleanor Roosevelt
two world development
Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.
forever higher reach trying
Let's keep trying to reach that higher ground. I forever want to reach that higher ground. Alicia Keys
forever
Let us not unman each other; part at once; all farewells should be sudden, when forever Lord Byron
forever lovers talking tired
Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves. Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
forever glorious honor praises serving sing treasures
Serving Him, all treasures are obtained. Worshipping God, honor is obtained. Working for Him is never in vain; forever and ever, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
forever happy heart laughter loud warm
May your heart be warm and happy With the lilt of loud laughter Every day in every way And forever and ever after.
forever god immaculate pure
My God is forever Immaculate and Pure; with a pure mind, He can be found.
forever trying facts
Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.
forever shining pebbles
No murmur arose from its bed, and so gently it wandered along, that the pearly pebbles upon which we loved to gaze, far down within its bosom, stirred not at all, but lay in a motionless content, each in its own old station, shining on gloriously forever.
forever heretic dies
Conformists die, but heretics live forever. Elbert Hubbard