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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
laughter voice giving
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice Albert Schweitzer
laughter men evil
An unholy church! It is useless to the world, and of no esteem among men. It is an abomination, hells laughter, heavens abhorrence. The worst evils which have ever come upon the world have been brought upon her by an unholy church. Charles Spurgeon
laughter add jam
Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow. Diane Johnson
laughter ideas roots
The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement. Democritus
laughter pain higher
Laughter is higher than all pain. Elbert Hubbard
laughter joy laughter-and-joy
Let there be more joy and laughter in your living. Eileen Caddy
laughter wit tyranny
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny. Edward Abbey
laughter war winning
There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win. Earl Nightingale
laughter different world
The world is a projection of our collective consciousness. If our collective consciousness reaches that place of peace, harmony, laughter and love, it will be a different world. Deepak Chopra
excessive looks
looks excessive for the right to own a loss-making, share-losing business. Mark Swartzberg
excess fall mere state
Minds, like bodies, will fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Charles Dickens
excess fall mere mind state
Mind like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
excesses
My early windfall was a result of the excesses of the S&L era. Jeff Greene
excess rein war
The war to rein in Wall Street excess is never over. Timothy Noah
excess bitter sweetest
The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
excessive force involved military number operations
On a number of occasions, military operations which involved excessive use of force and other violations, haven't necessarily been addressed,
excess gold shipments
I'd like to see it go gold (U.S. shipments in excess of 500,000 copies) and I think it will.
excessive family might people talked
I've always just talked to my family and my friends. I've never been a person that's gone through excessive therapy at all. Some people might say that I should. Vince Vaughn