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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
ambition biggest rival stay win
Lyon's biggest rival is Lyon itself. We need to stay vigilant. Our ambition is to win the treble. Gerard Houllier
ambition drunk ground men nor power recognise stop
Men drunk with ambition and power do not ground their weapons, nor stop to recognise the fellow-humanity of those they are about to slay. Not here - not now. Ellis Peters
ambition cause fear lowering overall round
My fear is that in lowering expectations for Hong Kong, we will cause the overall ambition for the round to fall. Peter Mandelson
ambition best clubs easy europe games hard none past prove teams
None of these games are easy. All the other teams are hard and want to win. Nothing is easy in this draw, but it is our ambition to prove we are one of the best clubs in Europe - and we have yet to get past the quarter-finals, so we have something to prove.
ambition book currently follow fresh immediate next page word
My ambition is the immediate page of the book I am currently working on. The next word to follow the last. A fresh new idea.
ambition business coming family good suited
My ambition has always been to give them good opportunities and if coming into the family business suited them, then great. Brian White
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My greatest ambition may sound rather like something from a greeting card, but it is a genuine desire to serve a local community and be a local MP. Adam Rickitt
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My great ambition is to have people comment on my fine dramatic performances. Marilyn Monroe
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When you're 14, 15, and you get together and start making a noise, it is the world opening up. You have that indestructible feeling when you're young. But your ambitions when you are 13 are different when you're 25. By that time, your ambition isn't to be a star anymore; it's to make a living doing music. Stevie Jackson
carpe-diem kind public-service
Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. Albert Schweitzer
carpe-diem anxiety alarms
We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read. Abraham Lincoln
carpe-diem wasting-time remember
When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection. Aiden Wilson Tozer
carpe-diem should-have should
You should *have* an experience; it shouldn't just *be* an experience. Alan Cumming
carpe-diem pact carpe
History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn. Edmund Burke
carpe-diem perfection genius
The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. Arthur Koestler
carpe-diem bombs window
The word "now" is like a bomb through the window, and it ticks. Arthur Miller
carpe-diem looks situation
Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it. Brian Tracy
carpe-diem dare carpe
There is so much coldness because we do not dare to be as cordial as we are.